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Buffalo flats / by Martine Leavitt.
Seventeen-year-old Rebecca Leavitt has traveled by covered wagon from Utah to the Northwest Territories of Canada, where her father and brothers are now homesteading and establishing a new community with other Latter-Day Saints. Rebecca is old enough to get married, but what kind of man would she marry and who would have a girl like her -- a girl filled with ideas and opinions? Someone gallant and exciting like Levi Howard? Or a man of ideas like her childhood friend Coby Webster? Rebecca decides to set her sights on something completely different. She loves the land and wants her own piece of it. When she learns that single women aren't allowed to homestead, her father agrees to buy her land outright, as long as Rebecca earns the money -- 480 dollars, an impossible sum. She sets out to earn the money while surviving the relentless challenges of pioneer life -- the ones that Mother Nature throws at her in the form of blizzards, grizzles, influenza and floods, and the ones that come with human nature, be they exasperating neighbors or the breathtaking frailty of life.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780823443420 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 0823443426 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 232 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York City : Margaret Ferguson Books, Holiday House, 2023.
- Copyright: ©2023
Content descriptions
| Target Audience Note: | Ages 12 and up Holiday House. Grades 10-12. Holiday House. |
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| Subject: | Identity (Philosophical concept) > Fiction. Northwest Territories > History > 19th century > Fiction. Mormon pioneers > Fiction. Christian life > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. Christian fiction. Religious fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Erlanger Branch | YA LEAVI M (Text) | 33126024826160 | YA Fiction | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
"The coming of age story of Rebecca Leavitt as she searches for her identity in the Northwest Territories of Canada"-- - Baker & Taylor
In the Northwest Territories of Canada during the late 1880s, 17-year-old Rebecca Leavitt must overcome the never-ending challenges of pioneer life in her Latter-day Saints community as she works towards owning her own land, calling upon her family, faith and friendships to see her through. Simultaneous eBook. - Random House, Inc.
Based on true-life histories, Buffalo Flats shares the epic, coming of age story of Rebecca Leavitt as she searches for her identity in the Northwest Territories of Canada during the late 1800s.
Seventeen-year-old Rebecca Leavitt has traveled by covered wagon from Utah to the Northwest Territories of Canada, where her father and brothers are now homesteading and establishing a new community with other Latter-Day Saints. Rebecca is old enough to get married, but what kind of man would she marry and who would have a girl like herâa girl filled with ideas and opinions? Someone gallant and exciting like Levi Howard? Or a man of ideas like her childhood friend Coby Webster?
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Rebecca decides to set her sights on something completely different. She loves the land and wants her own piece of it. When she learns that single women arenât allowed to homestead, her father agrees to buy her land outright, as long as Rebecca earns the money â480 dollars, an impossible sum. She sets out to earn the money while surviving the relentless challenges of pioneer lifeâthe ones that Mother Nature throws at her in the form of blizzards, grizzles, influenza and floods, and the ones that come with human nature, be they exasperating neighbors or the breathtaking frailty of life.
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Buffalo Flats is inspired by true-life histories of the authorâs ancestors. It is an extraordinary novel that explores Latter-Day Saints culture and the hardships of pioneer life. It is about a stubborn, irreverent, and resourceful young woman who remains true to herself and discovers that it is the bonds of family, faith, and friendshipâeven romance--that tie her to the wild and unpredictable land she loves so fiercely.