Skylark by Patricia MacLachlan
This book is a sequel to Sarah, Plain and Tall.    

When a drought hits the prairie, Sarah takes Anna and her brother, Caleb, to visit her first home in Maine while their father, Jacob, stays behind to save the farm.
  Will they all be together again as a family on the prairie? 

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Hi, Readers!

I enjoyed this book, Skylark, by Patricia MacLachlan. She's a good writer because when I read her stories I create strong images in my imagination.  Sometimes the images are pictures of places in the book.  On page 89, at the beginning of Chapter 14, Ms. MacLachlan's words describing the August sunrise are wonderful.  She says, "The August sun rose red, then turned gold.  It touched the flowers of the aunts' gardens, the beds of late roses and nasturtiums and asters.  Geese flew in, sitting calmly on the water.  A boat with two masts and a tall sail slipped by."  

I can almost smell the salt in the air.  No wonder Sarah loved this place!  Now I have a little better idea of how much she must love Anna and Caleb and their dad.....she must love them a lot if she's willing to leave a place as beautiful as the ocean!