Thursday, November 3, 2011

Sarah Plain and Tall

Author:  Patricia MacLachlan

Title:  Sarah Plain and Tall

Illustrator:  n/a

Genre: Historical Fiction

Sub Genre: Biographical Fiction

Theme: Life in the early 1900’s, loneliness, and family

Characters: Sarah, Caleb, Anna

Awards: n/a

Date of Publication:1985

Publishing Company: Harper Collins Publishing

Brief Summary: This book describes the life of a young woman living in the early 1900’s. Sarah is your typical woman for this period of time, she is plain and simple.  She comes into contact with a family who has lost the mother. The father, left surviving must tend to the two children. However, the children notice that the father is not in the liveliness that he used to be. When Sarah meets this family she moves in and begins to fill the void that has been left.

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