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Name: May B.
Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Author: Caroline Starr Rose

When a failed wheat harvest almost ruins the Betterly family, Pa extracts twelve‑year‑old May from school and hires her to work for a new couple on the Kansas frontier. May’s journey through hardship, illness, and learning underscores the challenges of frontier life and the experience of dyslexia in early American history.

First publish date: 2011

Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure

Authors: Caroline Starr Rose

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