Addie's Dakota Winter

Addie #3

by Laurie Lawlor, Toby Gowing (Illustrator)

In her new pioneer home of Dakota, ten-year-old Addie finds an unlikely friend and, stranded alone during a blizzard, learns about courage.

Genres: Historical Fiction, Young Adult, Childrens

160 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

Laurie Lawlor grew up in a family enamored with the theater. Along with her five brothers and sisters she spent summers in a summer stock repertory company in a small mountain town in Colorado that was run by their mother (costumer, cook, accountant, and resident psychiatrist) and their father (artistic director).

Reviews

[Natalya · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was just okay. I found Addie to be annoyingly selfish and while I wouldn't want a perfect character she was very stupid.Her brother George was rebellious at first but thankfully turned around. The whole story felt cliche.

[Shannon]

DNF'd at page 29
Just not terribly interested, I think this series is too written too young for me to appreciate

[Esther · Rating 5 out of 5]

I would have really enjoyed this book as a child. The copyright is 1989 so I would not have had the opportunity to read it in the 1950s.

[Jenny · Rating 3 out of 5]

21/25
4 original
4 good topic
4 fast read
5 plot
4 opinion

[Nancy · Rating 4 out of 5]

At first the whining, fighting, bad attitudes, ungratefulness, disrespect and meanness wanted me to put aside this book, but glad I didn't. It had good lessons. There was a nasty song in the beginning, by the rowdy boys, so might want to leave that out or alter it if reading aloud.