I really think that this is the best one of the first four Sarah, Plain and Tall books. Patricia MacLachlan carefully rations out her writing for the limited space given to this story and tells it beautifully, with even more engaging emotion than is to be found in the first three books. Few autho...
I read 'Sarah, Plain and Tall' last year, and enjoyed the simple story of a young woman and the family who falls in love with her. At that time, I did not realise that there were other books about Sarah, Jacob, Anna, and Caleb. I'm so glad I happened across the fact that this was a series. I real...
"I suppose that's what writing is for...To change life and make it come out the way you want it to." ―Grandfather's Dance, P. 58 After careful consideration, I'm rounding my three-and-a-half star rating for Grandfather's Dance up instead of down, easily the highest mark that I've given to an...
This is the third book in the Sarah, Plain and Tall series. It focuses on Caleb, the son of Jacob Witting, the stepson of Sarah, the younger brother of Anna and the older brother of Cassie. It starts out with his sister, Anna, giving him a journal to write down what happens on the farm and the ...