![]() #Iconographer celeste ryder santa fe new mexico seriesIt bothered me in this book because, despite a few Southwestern settings, this series has just one character with some Latina background. This is also another Dear America told from the perspective of a white girl encountering non-white people and learning not to fear them or their culture, rather than just telling a non-white story. When the stakes are highest for the family, they literally stay at a hotel! It's the second of three books covering overland wagon travel, but most of the hardships and sacrifices experienced in Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie aren't an issue in this book because of Florrie's stepfather's comparative wealth and experience on the trail. By comparison, the second-most covered period, the Great Depression and WWII, has only 7 related titles. All the Stars in the Sky is one of 12 books in the series exploring topics related to Western expansion-almost 30% of the series. It's the second of three books covering overland wagon travel, but most of the hardships and sacrifices experienced in Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie aren't an issue in this book because of Flo This book is a solid but kind of unnecessary entry in the series. This book is a solid but kind of unnecessary entry in the series. It was a solid addition but I may not be returning to it.more Maybe I’m just too far out to see the trail with the same adventurous mythos. Maybe the choice was just to go with that childhood resilience. glossed over, I guess, after the first entry where it was reported. There were a lot of horrors on the trail that Florrie saw and experienced that seemed. It has the sunny attitude towards the westward movement, the adventure of the trail and all that, that is what I’m used to from childhood and hard to swallow with an adult history education. glossed over, I guess, afte This one was more childlike and innocent than most of the Dear America series I have read so far this year and I appreciate that after a couple of heavy other ones I have been working through. This one was more childlike and innocent than most of the Dear America series I have read so far this year and I appreciate that after a couple of heavy other ones I have been working through. ![]()
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