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Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) (2008), Edition: First Edition, Hardcover, 40 pages
Description
Lily Rose and Grandma stitch a quilt that tells the story of their family's journey from Missouri to California by covered wagon in 1859.
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1110-10
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LibraryThing member annikasmith
This is a wonderful example of historical fiction as it combines a fictional story with accurate historical facts about the wagon trains coming west. The characters were fictional but the facts about the move west and the experiences the family faced were true.
Art Media: gouache
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LibraryThing member efakkema09
Summary: Lily Rose and her family leave on the Santa Fe Trail, bound for California in the spring of 1859. Along the way, Lily Rose and her grandma quilt a record of their journey through buffalo territory, mountain passes, the birth of a new sister, and their arrival in Los Angeles.
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Media: oil painting
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story is a great example of historical fiction because it very well could have happened, and is based loosely on the life of Mary Margaret Hezlep who actually made the journey to California in 1859 with her family, but has pieces that were added. Point-of-view: The author writes from the point of view of Lily Rose, making it a first person point of view. This makes the story very personal and helps the reader feel like they intimately know Lily and her family. Media: oil painting
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LibraryThing member katherine.fuller
Review: This book is about a girl who is traveling west with her family in a covered wagon. The girl is traveling with her mom, dad, grandma, and brother and she has a sister who is born on the journey. The girl and her grandma make a quilt the whole time they are on the trip. The stitch different
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Genre Critique: This book is based off of events that took place during the time when people traveled West. The events that take place in the story are accurate and they create a clear picture of what it would have been like to travel with them.
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pictures from the different place that they traveled to. The girl and her family make it to California safely.Genre: Realistic Fiction
Genre Critique: This book is based off of events that took place during the time when people traveled West. The events that take place in the story are accurate and they create a clear picture of what it would have been like to travel with them.
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LibraryThing member lkilpa1
I really liked this story for several reasons. One reason I liked it was because of the point of view it was told. Being told in first person, the reader gets to intimately know Lily and her family and what life was like traveling out west. Though this picture book would be classified in the
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historical fiction category, the events in this book seem to be very believable. Another reason I Iike this book is because the plot and the characters are believable. Though there is no message or moral lesson to be learned from this story, the purpose of this story is to inform readers of life traveling west during the gold rush era. Show Less
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Physical description
40 p.; 11.2 inches
ISBN
0374382239 / 9780374382230