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Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park
1880s Dakota Territory through the eyes of a fourteen-year-old Chinese-American girl
Park notes that she wrote this book "as an attempt at a painful reconciliation" to the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. The author, like me and my children, grew up with the popular series and read very little about pioneers who had not traveled from the east and were not white. Prairie Lotus highlights a pioneer father and daughter who make their way to Dakota Territory ...more
1880s Dakota Territory through the eyes of a fourteen-year-old Chinese-American girl
Park notes that she wrote this book "as an attempt at a painful reconciliation" to the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. The author, like me and my children, grew up with the popular series and read very little about pioneers who had not traveled from the east and were not white. Prairie Lotus highlights a pioneer father and daughter who make their way to Dakota Territory ...more
A truly wonderful book. It is sweet and good-hearted, true to the injustice of the time but still hopeful. Highly recommend for both kids and adults.
“Why should people get what they want when what they want is just plain wrong?”
Linda Sue Park's A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story is one of my favorite middle grade books. I was so excited when I saw she had a new middle grade book coming out and I was even more excited when I realized it had been picked as a Project LIT book club choice for the 2020-2021 school year!
Prairie Lotus follows Hanna, a half-Chinese teenager, has been on the road with her white father in 1880. When they dec ...more
Linda Sue Park's A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story is one of my favorite middle grade books. I was so excited when I saw she had a new middle grade book coming out and I was even more excited when I realized it had been picked as a Project LIT book club choice for the 2020-2021 school year!
Prairie Lotus follows Hanna, a half-Chinese teenager, has been on the road with her white father in 1880. When they dec ...more
I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed this story! I never got into the Laura Ingalls Wilder stories as a kid, but for anyone who did enjoy them, you will LOVE this book. I appreciated the author's note at the end discussing the importance of representation, but also keeping historical accuracy. This book was emotional and endearing. I will be buying a copy for my students to read.
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May 14, 2020
LiteraryJenny
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Kyrstin
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