book of historical fiction seemed the perfect choice. It is a story about a family, Anna, her younger brother Caleb, and their father Jacob that live out on the prairie. Jacob puts an advertisement in the paper for a wife, after losing his wife during Caleb’s birth years before. A Jacob’s advertisement is answered and after exchanging letters with Sarah Wheaton, she decides to come to their farm. As this story unfolds you are waiting to see if Sarah will stay and become part of this family. Characters
with the baby. The other thing that shows that racism was a major issue at the time is the fact that Armand parents had not disclosed to him that his mother was also black. He only realized it when he had already chased his wife and child away in a letter that his mother had written thanking God for his son not knowing the truth. Other themes that can be deduced from the story are family, religion, and