![]() ![]() He’s sort of an assistant wagon train guide, and a well-known ladies’ man (“Freeman” is probably no coincidence!) He finds Betsy and Willa camped out somewhere in Nebraska. Only Real Suitor: Charlie Freeman, 18 golden-blonde hair, blue eyes. She’s a very down-to-earth, stubborn, and courageous girl. And Betsy has enough spunk to get 1,000 teenage girls across the country. Even though they are two young single women, they decide to make it to Oregon on their own. See what fun facts you learn on this blog?) Betsy and her older sister, Willa, were traveling to Oregon with their parents, who died of cholera before the book starts. A quick Internet search shows that root beer wasn’t actually produced until 1876. (I’m thinking that’s an anachronism to make it easy on young readers. Main Character: Betsy Monroe, who turns 16 a few chapters in very tall, waist-long chestnut brown hair (despite the short-ish hair on the cover), and brown eyes compared to the color of root beer. No specific date is given, and 1846 was the latest date carved on Independence Rock. Setting: Wagon train to Oregon, 1846 or later. On the Cover: Betsy Monroe and Charlie Freeman Now all I can think is, “How did she deal with that huge dress all across the country?”įront Cover Blurb: Is sixteen too young for love under a… Wild Prairie Sky I think this was the first DoL book I bought, and I first picked it up because of that ah-MAZE-ing dress, which spills onto the back cover. Wild Prairie Sky Front Cover (Credit: Joe Cellini) ![]()
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