Book
The Jumping-Off Place
by Marian Hurd McNeely
- Published
- 1929
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Words
- 56413
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 5.8
- AR interest level
- MG — middle grades, 4–8
- Suggested reading age
- ages 9–14
Four young homesteaders try to prove up a claim in early-twentieth-century South Dakota, confronting drought, winter, hard labor, hostile squatters, and isolation while building friendships and a workable home on the prairie.
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780486815688
Tags
Award Winners-Newbery HonorHistorical Fiction-Historical Fiction (All)History-Frontier/Pioneer Life - U.S.Natural Environments-Plains/Plateaus/PrairiesUnited States-South Dakota