About the Author:
Bonnie Geisert grew up on a farm near Cresbard, South Dakota, and her childhood adventures there inspired many of the events in her
Prairie trilogy. Ms.Geisert now lives in a small town in northern Illinois, where she still revels in beautiful prairie winters.
From School Library Journal:
Grade 5-7–In this sequel to Prairie Summer(Houghton, 2002), Rachel astutely observes that her father is distressed following the birth of her baby brother, Matthew, in South Dakota, 1954. He doesn't hold the baby often or long, is quicker to anger, and is uncharacteristically drunk one afternoon. The fifth grader learns from her mother that he is dealing with grief for the loss of a son who died several years before Rachel's eldest sister was born. Because the infant died before being baptized, their minister would not give him a Christian burial and stated that the baby would not be saved, which is haunting her father. Rachel's mother, raised Methodist, does not agree, nor does their current minister, Reverend Meyer, who later explains of a conflict in biblical interpretation within the Lutheran Church. The family follows his suggestion to disinter the casket from its Iowa grave site and bring it to South Dakota for a Christian burial, a healing ceremony for all. Geisert tells this heavy story gently and gracefully, balancing it with Rachel's lively descriptions of school: renewed friendships, laughter on the bus, the perils of pin curls on picture day, the angst from a sock with a hole on the varnished gym floor, and the thrills of simple games at recess. Descriptions of Rachel's farm life with her loving, industrious family round out this story with regional and historical appeal, and for fans of the first book.–Laura Scott, Farmington Community Library, MI
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