Book Descriptions
for Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
As their potential stepmother tries out her new role, Anna and her younger brother Caleb watch Sarah's every move anxiously, constantly afraid that independent, homesick Sarah will leave them and return to Maine. The story takes place in the West during the late 19th century. The spare text is filled with longing: of Sarah, for a home and of the children, for a mother. (Ages 7-11)
CCBC Choices 1985 . © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 1985. Used with permission.
From the Publisher
"Did Mama sing every day?" Caleb asks his sister Anna."Every-single-day," she answers. "Papa too."
Publisher description retrieved from Google Books.
