The jumping-off place /
McNeely, Marian Hurd, 1877-1930.
The jumping-off place / by Marian Hurd McNeely ; illustrated by William Siegel ; afterword by Jean Patrick. - Pierre, S.D. : South Dakota State Historical Society Press, c2008. - ix, 321 p. : ill., maps ; 19 cm.
"A Newberry honor book".
In the early 1900s, four orphaned siblings, the eldest being seventeen, set out to fulfill their uncle's dream of homesteading in Tripp County, South Dakota, and although they face drought, discomfort, and sabotaging squatters, new friends and inner strength help them carry on.
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Brothers and sisters--Fiction.
Droughts--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Frontier and pioneer life--South Dakota--Juvenile fiction.
Orphans--Fiction.
Prairies--Fiction.
Tripp County (S.D.)--History--20th century--Fiction.
The jumping-off place / by Marian Hurd McNeely ; illustrated by William Siegel ; afterword by Jean Patrick. - Pierre, S.D. : South Dakota State Historical Society Press, c2008. - ix, 321 p. : ill., maps ; 19 cm.
"A Newberry honor book".
In the early 1900s, four orphaned siblings, the eldest being seventeen, set out to fulfill their uncle's dream of homesteading in Tripp County, South Dakota, and although they face drought, discomfort, and sabotaging squatters, new friends and inner strength help them carry on.
0979894042 9780979894046
2008030224
Brothers and sisters--Fiction.
Droughts--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Frontier and pioneer life--South Dakota--Juvenile fiction.
Orphans--Fiction.
Prairies--Fiction.
Tripp County (S.D.)--History--20th century--Fiction.