More Perfect than the Moon (Sarah, Plain and Tall)

by Patricia MacLachlan

Paperback, 2005

Status

Available

Call number

813.6

Publication

HarperCollins (2005), Edition: Reprint, 96 pages

Description

Eight-year-old Cassie Witting is upset when she finds out that her mother, Sarah, is expecting a baby, but writing in the journal that belonged to her brother Caleb helps her sort out her feelings and understand that Sarah will always love her.

User reviews

LibraryThing member padame

Young Christy is given a diary to write in. She writes of her family and the ‘horrible baby’ that is coming. She believes that she will be left alone when it comes.

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LibraryThing member sharmon05

This book is a good example of a realistic fiction, because the story line is very relatable and believable. It could be a historical fiction, but the time period is not clearly defined. This book also displays good character development through the main character Cassandra. In the beginning, she

hates the baby that her mother is carrying and by the end she realizes that this baby is a blessing.

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LibraryThing member missmath144

Three-year-old Cassie doesn't want another baby in the family. She was hoping her mom would bring her a gift "more perfect than the moon." A quick read (less than an hour).

LibraryThing member fuzzi

We're back with the Witting family, but the narrator's job has been passed from Caleb to his little sister, Cassie. Cassie is now eight years old, with an imagination as large as the prairie where they live. There is change in the air, and Cassie's world is rocked from its routine; she doesn't like

it, and expresses her feelings in her journal.

I adore Cassie and her imagination. This is a lovely addition to the Sarah Plain and Tall saga.

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LibraryThing member EmScape

Cassie is now narrating and is a much more lyrical and imaginative writer than her elder half-siblings. The family is about to expand again because Sarah is pregnant and Cassie is not sure she's happy about that.
An easily readable novel for juveniles with life lessons and an historical perspective.

LibraryThing member bell7

Cassie is now eight, living with her parents, brother Caleb, and Grandfather. It's now her turn to keep a journal, and in it she adds a little fiction to their lives, as well as her hopes and dreams, and worries when Mama suddenly needs more sleep and doesn't feel well.

Adult readers will figure out

pretty quickly that Sarah is pregnant, and much of the story is Cassie not wanting a new baby in the house. Another quick, generally comforting read in the series from Newbery-award winning MacLachlan. It didn't quite have the sparkle of [Sarah, Plain and Tall] and [Skylark], but it's a solid read.

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