Hattie Ever After (Hattie, #2)

Hattie Ever After (Hattie #2)

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After leaving Uncle Chester's homestead claim, orphan Hattie Brooks throws a lasso around a new dream, even bigger than the Montana sky. She wants to be a reporter, knowing full well that a few pieces published in the Arlington News will not suffice. Real reporters must go to Grand Places, and do Grand Things, like Hattie's hero Nellie Bly. Another girl might be stymied by...more
Hardcover, 240 pages
Published February 12th 2013 by Delacorte Press for Young Readers
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Brichimt
In this long awaited sequel to the award winning Hattie Big Sky (Delacorte, 2006) the story picks up Hattie after she lost her Montana homestead and arrives in San Francisco with hopes of making it as a newspaper reporter. To pay the bills, she takes on several jobs to survive. One of the jobs is as a cleaning lady at the San Francisco Chronicle. This particular job get her inside the building where she discovers the newspaper’s stock of back issues and began looking through them for news on her...more
Afton Nelson
Bravo Kirby Larson! A first class read with a very authentic feel. You can tell she did her research on early 1900's San Francisco, airplanes, fashion and the newspaper business. And women! Hattie is so fresh and spunky and honestly believes she can do anything. And she does! Despite having her big heart and her trust violated in "Big Sky" and this book, she doesn't lose her pluck and determination. Way to go Hattie. And way to go Kirby Larson for a fantastic sequel to the Newbery Medal winning...more
Brenda
I just met Hattie earlier this year, thanks to Hattie Big Sky, so I had a shorter wait than most. A seventeen year old girl staking out a homestead claim of her own in the middle of nowhere in Montana is pretty hard to top. In Hattie Ever After we have more of the same intelligent, capable Hattie. Hattie is never snarky or cynical, always optimistic and never prissy, which is why I think so many people were interested in what a sequel.

Now in San Francisco, Hattie is determined to be a newspaper...more
Novalibrarymom
Hattie Ever After picks up where Hattie Big Sky left off. Following her dreams, the (almost) fearless Hattie leaves behind the her small town life and finds herself in San Francisco. Here she has her chance to make it big as a newspaper reporter, a dream she's been holding for many years.

But following that dream comes with risks. Will Charlie wait for her? Is she mean to survive in the big city? And what about this woman who claims to have loved her Uncle? Does Hattie owe her any gratitude?

I lov...more
Anna
Mar 20, 2013 Anna rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Everyone
Kirby Larson is one talented writer. I was thrilled when, snooping in the cataloguing room, I discovered the sequel to the unforgettable Hattie Big Sky, just sitting there begging to be listened to. Hattie Big Sky was one of my favorite books last year. Hattie was so real to me, with her strong heart, force of will, and determination. When I started listening to Hattie Ever After, I was not disappointed in the second installment. Hattie Ever After follows Hattie on yet another adventure into the...more
Sally Kruger
Hattie had the adventure of a lifetime when she tried to make a go of her uncle's Montana homestead. There were good times and bad, but Hattie wouldn't have traded them for anything. She made long lasting friends, and they continue to support her endeavors.

After leaving the homestead, working in the boarding house enables Hattie to repay her late uncle's debt and set aside a bit for herself. In this new adventure Hattie encounters a traveling theater group and joins them as their wardrobe mistre...more
Patti
I did something I almost never do – quit reading a book because the sequel to the one I had just finished showed up at my door a day early! (I was only 47 pgs. into it and it and since there are no Book Police…) Could hardly wait to start “Hattie Ever After” after enjoying “Hattie Big Sky”!

Another 5 stars for Hattie, round #2! I absolutely enjoyed reading every page, every new change, every success and even the blows.

Hattie is a young woman now, obsessed with making something of herself. Hatti...more
LJ
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Ann Carpenter
A good book, and one that will be enjoyed by the many fans of the first Hattie book. I don't think it's as good as the first one, however.

Hattie seemed too young, too naive for her eighteen, especially when after having survived and thrived on the homestead for so long. Yes, that was country life and the city brings with it a different circumstance, and it's not like she wasn't a go-getter who took things into her own hands on multiple occasions, but still. Something I can't quite put my finger...more
Hanine ϟ
Feb 07, 2013 Hanine ϟ marked it as to-read
Only four more days for this book to be released and I cannot contain my excitement.
Hattie Big Sky is one of the first English novels I've read in my life, so you can imagine my reaction when I learnt that a sequel was going to be released.

Being French educated in an Arab country at my age, I hadn't yet started savouring English books but used to read a lot in French. In 2008, I had started taking interest in writing and focusing more on my English. Shortly after, I met an amazing woman: my 9th...more
Valerie
Jan 12, 2013 Valerie rated it 4 of 5 stars
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Hattie Big Sky was a really amazing book, and I was sorry it was over when I read it some years ago. Recently I re-read it for a couple of different reasons; one was that it was recommended as a great example of plot and scene structure in historical fiction for middle grade readers. It certainly is. The other was that the new one was coming out soon, and for a girl who reads as many books for young people as I, I felt that I wanted to refresh my memory about Hattie and who she was before the ne...more
Brianna
I fell in love with Hattie Inez Brooks in Hattie Big Sky. Of course I wanted to know more about her journey after she failed to make good on her claim in Montana, but I also had a healthy dose of skepticism going in. Sequels can be excellent, and they can also be disappointing. I did not want to be disappointed.

Kirby Larson certainly does not disappoint in this terrific follow-up to Hattie Big Sky. Although Hattie is operating in a completely different setting amongst very different types of cha...more
J. G. Burdette
Kirby Larson takes us back into the life of Hattie Brooks in the long awaited sequel "Hattie Ever After". We are introduced to host of new characters and finally get to meet Hattie's school chum Charlie who we "knew" only through letters in "Hattie Big sky".

The year is 1919, Hattie has just finished paying off her debts incurred during her homesteading experience in Montana. The 17-year-old is still searching for a place of belonging as well as a way to pursue a secret dream---to become a report...more
Kathy Martin
HATTIE EVER AFTER is another amazing work of historical fiction by Kirby Larson. It is the direct sequel to her 2007 Newbery Honor winning HATTIE BIG SKY and is told in the same authentic voice of now seventeen-year-old Hattie Inez Brooks.

When we last saw Hattie she had just failed at proving up her Uncle Chester's Montana land claim. When we meet her again, she is working as a housemaid in a boarding house in Great Falls, Montana, and has just finished paying up her uncle's debt. Hungry for new...more
Alyson (Kid Lit Frenzy)
I loved, loved, loved Hattie Big Sky. By the time, I finished the book, I felt like Hattie was one of my best friends. I was so proud of her and all that she attempted and all that she learned. And then she leaves Vida to start a new chapter.

When I heard that there was going to be a sequel, I was thrilled. A little nervous. What would happen to Hattie now? Would our "friendship" still be there? Well, I should never have doubted Hattie or author, Kirby Larson.

Hattie's voice rang clear and true...more
Amber Aslakson
Feb 14, 2013 Amber Aslakson rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: middle school students, historians
Recommended to Amber by: Thank you to the Nerdy Book Club on Twitter for Sharing Hattie Big Sky!
After finishing Hattie Big Sky I could not wait to get my hands on Hattie Ever After. It must have been my lucky day to find out that after I finished the first book the sequel was due out two days later so I did not have to wait long.

As a reader of many historical novels over the years and a big fan of stories regarding the pioneers on the prairie I immediately fell in love with Hattie in the first story and knew I would grow to appreciate her more as she moved to the big city in the sequel.

At...more
Sue
3.5 stars. I liked this book but not as much as "Hattie Big Sky" which I think had more emotional depth and stronger surrounding characters. This book begins where the first one leaves off with Hattie working in Great Falls. She wants to be a reporter and eventually gets her chance in San Francisco, where she is challenged by misogyny and a puzzle involving her Uncle Chester. This story of Chester and Ruby Danvers was pretty easy to figure out from the beginning so I found no suspense there, alt...more
Cathy
Having failed to prove up her late uncle Chester's homestead in Montana, Hattie is found at the opening of this sequel to the 2007 Newbery Honor Book, Hattie Big Sky, as a cleaning lady in a hotel, but not for long. From Montana she had sent letters to her Uncle Holt, who raised her for 5 years in Iowa, describing her ordeal on the homestead. He had them published in his hometown newspaper as the Honyockers Homilies and now she has decided to become a reporter. Hattie grabs the opportunity to go...more
Jessica
I am completely in love with the late 1910s/early 1920s era, so when I saw this book, I was super excited to start the story. I never read the first book Hattie Big Sky, but seeing as that was published in 2006, 7 years ago, I didn't think I'd have too much to miss out on in this second book.

After failing to start up the farm of her Uncle Chester, Hattie is determined to follow her true dreams in life: to become a reporter. Following a traveling act troupe as their seamstress, Hattie makes her...more
Nicole
Hattie Ever After by Kirby Larson
Delacorte, 2013
Historical Fiction
240 pages
Recommended for grades 6+

I went into this story not having read Hattie Big Sky. So here's what a Hattie newbie has to say:
I LOVE Hattie! She is bold and hardworking, smart and thoughtful. I love historical fiction, and Larson has done her research here, as she assures us in her author's note! Larson's writing is so rich, she created characters and scenes I could vividly imagine. I wasn't done with Hattie by the end of the...more
Shaeley Santiago
Hattie pursues her dream of being a newspaper reporter in the wonderfully exciting city of San Francisco around 1919.

I like how other forms of writing and media are incorporated in the book including letters, newspaper stories, and postcards from the time period. It makes me want to go dig out some old postcards of Colorado that I collected when I was younger and find out more about what was happening in those places at the time of the postcard.

We also get some insight into how newspapers worke...more
Christopher
Hattie Big Sky was one of those books that truly surprised me with how much it enveloped me in its world. Historical fiction is truly not my bag (especially middle grade HF) and it blew me away. I started reading Hattie Ever After with high expectations and found myself pleasantly satisfied with the first two thirds of the story, and then it goes downhill quite fast from there. Hattie's accomplishments come off as wild coincidences. Her encounter in the elevator with a very important man made my...more
Jennifer
Hattie Ever Afer is an excellent follow-up to Hattie Big Sky. Hattie Ever After begins one year after the end of Hattie Big Sky. Hattie has been working as a house-keeper in a boarding house and has finally managed to pay off the debt from the land Uncle Chester has left her. As the book opens, a traveling acting troupe who has been lodging in the Boarding House, suddenly finds themselves in need of a wardrobe mistress. Hattie, eager to see the world, agrees to travel with them as far as San Fra...more
Betsy
Truly noteworthy books aren't judged just as a successor to the previous book; therefore, I read Hattie Ever After "cold" from netgalley in ARC form. By "cold," I mean that I haven't read Hattie Big Sky. Now, however, Hattie Big Sky has just moved much higher in the TBR pile!

I really enjoyed the setting, the characters, the pacing, the plot in this little gem. I really, really liked the ending--a very appropriate balance of authenticity for the time period with Hattie's career aspirations. I als...more
Sierra
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Megan Fuller
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Hannah Cobb
Hattie may have lost her homestead, but her dreams are as big as ever: she's set her heart on becoming a reporter. Jobs for women are few and far between, especially in the newspaper business, but Hattie is sure of success this time around. Big cities, big events, and a few big disasters give Hattie plenty to write about--but will she choose to surrender this new dream when Charlie proposes?
Larson brings post-WWII San Francisco to life in vivid detail. Fans of Hattie Big Sky will be thrilled wit...more
Heather Perkinson
The sequel to Hattie Big Sky--Hattie's adventures continue in San Francisco, where she attempts to follow her dream to become a journalist. Hattie grapples with very modern concerns--women in the workplace, balancing her dreams of a career with the demands of a possible long-term relationship with Charlie--while trying to solve the mystery of her uncle's past. Larson's depiction of Hattie's character is as engaging as in the first novel, although the story is not quite as gripping, still, fans o...more
Shannon
I just loved this sweet, little book. Hattie Ever After is the sequel to the 2008-2009 Gateway Nominee, Hattie Big Sky, but it can certainly stand on its own. After failing at her homesteading effort on the Montana property left to her from Uncle Chester, Hattie can't resist an opportunity to get away when offered the job of wardrobe mistress to a travelling show. The show is headed to San Francisco - a big city where Hattie can pursue her dream of becoming a reporter. Leaving Charlie behind was...more
Krista Dendinger
I loved this book! Kirby Larson is such a wonderful writer. It is obvious she did her research when writing this story. Through her descriptions I really felt like I was in San Francisco in 1919. I could imagine the sights of the people and the city. Throughout this book I kept rooting for Hattie, just as I did in Hattie Big Sky. When bad things happened, my heart went out to her. When good things happened, I wanted to cheer for her. And there were times when I wished I could talk some sense int...more
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Kirby Larson went from history-phobe to history fanatic thanks to a snippet of a story about her great-grandmother homesteading in eastern Montana. That bit of family lore inspired her to write HATTIE BIG SKY, a young adult historical novel, which won a 2007 Newbery Honor Award and Montana Book Award.

She's honored that Scholastic has asked her to write the lead title in the re-launch of the Dear...more
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