Addie Across the Prairie by Laurie Lawlor

Unhappy to leave her home and friends, Addie reluctantly accompanies her family to the Dakota Territory and slowly begins to adjust to life on the prairie.

Grades 3-5
Hardcover
Black&White Images
128 pages
ISBN: 0-8075-0165-4

About the author: Laurie Lawlor grew up in a large, theatrical family—the eldest of six. With no musical or acting skills, she discovered that she had to find something she could do so her parents would remember her name. Storytelling became something special and empowering for her. She discovered that if she created extremely believable scary stories, there would be places in their house in LaGrange, Illinois, that her younger brothers and sisters would not go. Thanks to her terrifying tales about an invented character named Evil Peter Pan, who lived in our attic, she discovered a place where none of her younger siblings would trespass. The dusty third floor! At least she could read and write in peace.

Image description: The cover illustration has predominant shades of pink, orange, and red. The main illustration is an image of a girl wearing a pink bonnet, looking at a feather in her hand that is connected to her necklace. There is also a smaller image of a covered wagon and a team of oxen traveling across the prairie. The title is printed at the top left corner of the cover, w3ith the author's name right beneath it.