When ten-year-old Cora and her family leave their home in Missouri, their hearts are filled with the hopes and dreams of a bright future gleaming with promise and opportunity. But the journey west by wagon train is harsh, and tragedy strikes swiftly and unexpectedly. Now Cora and her father must steel themselves for a different future from what they had carefully planned. How can they move forward when their hearts are broken? But move on they must, and Cora takes comfort in her new baby sister (named Susan after the black-eyed flowers). When Cora learns she and Susan are to be separated at the end of their journey, she looks to the past to help craft a link to their new lives. Judy Young is an award-winning author of children's fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Her other books in the Tales of Young Americans series are Minnow and Rose (2010 Storytelling World Resource Award) and The Lucky Star (2009 Storytelling World Honor Award). Judy lives near Springfield, Missouri. Doris Ettlinger graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design and has numerous picture books to her credit, including the award-winning The Orange Shoes. Doris lives and teaches in an old grist mill on the banks of the Musconetcong River in western New Jersey.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
Published: 02/08/2011
ISBN: 9781585364633
Pages: 32
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 11.10h x 9.20w x 0.50d
Award: NAPPA Gold Awards - Winner
Award: WILLA Literary Award - Finalist
Award: Show Me Readers Award - Second Place

Review Citations: School Library Journal 05/01/2011 pg. 92
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2011
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2011 pg. 337 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 142452 / Book for Black-Eyed Susan
Reading Level: 3.5 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5