Sooner

Bigger #2

by Patricia Calvert

Tyler takes on the duties of the man of the house on his family's post-Civil War farm, a situation that is complicated by a new dog, scant supplies, and surprise visitors

166 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1998

About the author

"We are all emigrants from the same country — the land of childhood. What I want to do is write about the journey all of us have taken — or are in the process of taking — from that special place."

Patricia Calvert celebrates her birthday on July 22nd. She grew up in the mountains of Montana, in what was "a magic world for any child, one in which lodgepole pines grew like arrows toward a sky that seemed always blue." Even though Ms. Calvert knew she wanted to be a writer when she was ten, it wasn't until her daughters were grown and had moved away from home and she and her husband moved to Minnesota that she concentrated on her writing.

Among her books, The Snowbird and Yesterday's Daughter have both been named to ALA's Best Books for Young Adults list. Glennis, Before and After received a Christopher Award. Betrayed! (Atheneum) appeared in 2002 and Robert E. Peary: To the Top of the World (Benchmark) in 2001. Most recently, Ms. Calvert has been focusing on nonfiction writing, bringing us biographies of Zebulon Pike and Kit Carson, as well as The Ancient Celts.

Reviews

[Alexa Rivera · Rating 3 out of 5]

I Think that this book was ok.This book is historical fiction.I don't like historical fiction. I decided to read this just to give it a shot, so right now I think that this book is ok. will not spoil it for reader but if your a person who likes to read historical fiction books you will like this book.Overall I will give this book three stars.