Book Description
for The Long Way to a New Land by Joan Sandin
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
Four chapters chronicle a family journey from Sweden to the U.S. during the famine of 1868. Illustrations In three colors by the author provide visual information and interest on every page-spread. An author’s note at the end gives historical background in this unusually fine, easy-to-read historical fiction. (7—11 years)
CCBC Choices 1981 . © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 1981. Used with permission.