The Beloved Wild

A debut YA American epic and historical adventure from Melissa Ostrom about striking out for your own destiny.

She's not the girl everyone expects her to be.

Harriet Winter is the eldest daughter in a farming family in New Hampshire, 1807. She is expected to help with her younger sisters. To pitch in with the cooking and cleaning. And to marry her neighbor, the farmer Daniel Long. Harriet's mother sees Daniel as a good match, but Harriet doesn't want someone else to choose her path--in love or in life.

When Harriet's brother decides to strike out for the Genesee Valley in Western New York, Harriet decides to go with him--disguised as a boy. Their journey includes sickness, uninvited strangers, and difficult emotional terrain as Harriet sees more of the world, realizes what she wants, and accepts who she's loved all along.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Published: 03/27/2018
ISBN: 9781250132796
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.80w x 1.10d

Review Citations: School Library Journal 03/01/2018 pg. 112
Publishers Weekly 03/12/2018
Voice of Youth Advocates 04/01/2018 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2018 pg. 120 - Recommended, Satisfactory

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 194175 / Beloved Wild
Reading Level: 5.9 / Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus / Point Value: 12