Books like Away goes Sally by Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth
Away goes Sally follows a young orphan girl from Massachusetts as she and her family move to Maine, traveling in a modest house drawn by twelve oxen. Set in the early nineteenth century, the novel captures the challenges of family, home, and adjustment to a new rural setting in New England. The story highlights the dynamics of a household, the bonds with aunts and uncles, and life on a farm in a time of great change.
First publish date: 1934
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth
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