Sadie's Trade

Latter-Day Daughters

by Launi K. Anderson

While her parents attend a meeting aimed at reforming their lives as Mormons in Utah in 1856, twelve-year-old Sadie takes charge of her brothers and sisters on the family farm.

Genres: Historical Fiction

Paperback

Published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Mx.Lucey · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is what I've been reading to my puppy before her nap everyday this week and we both enjoyed it more than we thought we would as we are sinners lol. This is a book about a fictional accidental cow murder written for ages 8-12 as a way to parallel to the LDS church reformation....a sentence I never thought I'd type. It's well written but wild. "He branded our cow because it got out and ate his grass so now it's his" is the mormon version of "I licked your cookie while you were in the bathroom and it's mine now" lol. It was fun and I'm now looking for more of these beauties. This book was bought on Thriftbooks&no money was given to the church....it's my version of "no one was hurt in the making of this".
#latterdaydaughters #latterdaysaints

[Jennifer Sherwin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book! It's exciting

[Cindy · Rating 4 out of 5]

My daughter is a big fan of the American Girls series. I think it's great to get her interested in history, so this series about young LDS girls from the past promised to be a great idea. This is the first book I bought from the series. My daughter likes it a lot. Sadie is young girl from Pleasant Grove Utah in 1856. Her parents are struggling to teach their children good values and to live their religion. After her parents go to General Conference in Salt Lake, Sadie is left to run the household and take care of her brothers and sisters. It's a lot harder than it sounds! I think this book will make girls appreciate how different pioneer life really was.

[Rhen]

Sadie and her family find that, overtime, their values have been neglected. They take proper action by letting Sadie keep to the house while her parents seek the truth that aids them in reforming their lives. Read and be filled with the simple, yet vital steps that must be taken to become a better people.

[Shersta · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had heard that this series was comparable to the American Girl series, and so I gave this one a try. Although I thought the writing was solid with strong characters, the story itself was uninteresting and just fell flat. I think that a historical series for LDS girls is a wonderful idea; I was just disappointed that this book did not reach such great potential.