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Decided I will probably never get to this one, and if I do, I can check it out from the church library.
Sending to SCA2003

Received this book in the mail today, I will read it soon, Thanks!

I've finished this book and I did find it hard to jump right into the book, probably because I have been reading alot of chick-lit lately. Once I got lost in the plot, I found that I liked it. Janette Oke is a new Author for me. Thanks for sharing!

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Sent off as a RABCK.

I just got these books in the mail and I am so excited. They were on my wishlist and I can't wait to get the chance to read them and start passing them on.

Caught in Kaiserslautern, GERMANY!

This book has been mailed to Oklahoma!

I have not yet gotten the chance to read this book and yet it is one that I definitely want to read someday. I am moving back to the states and will live with my parents in Oklahoma for several months before moving on to the Washington D.C. area. In that time, I am sure that I will want to read some books and so I used media mail to get books from here to there rather economically. It might take this book a while to get there but when it does get there I will journal it again and hope that I get the chance to read it soon.

(This book is in Box #4)

This book has arrived in Oklahoma!

OK so it got here quite some time ago but getting all these books journaled again takes time. I hope that I will get the chance to read a little and enjoy all the books that I have been meaning to get to for so long.

From the back cover:

George McMannus traveled night and day from his wilderness cabin when the tragic news arrived that his daughter and son-in-law had died in a river accident. His only granddaughter, Kendra Marty, not yet four years old, had been left behind. McMannus was her only family, but what could a trapper, living alone in the backwoods, do to care for Kendra?

She was such a tiny thing - so small to have lost so much. He should have known from the first time he looked into those large green eyes that the two of them belonged together. THe one small child, firmly clutching a worn rag doll, was his, and he was hers.

Papa Mac, as Kendra came to call him, knew her place was with him. But what kind of home, what kind of training, could he provide in a wilderness of mountains and trees and rivers that no one had even named? Although he did not have the answers, he felt he must at least try.

Will Kendra ever be ready to face the scary and confusing worls so far from the wilderness she loves?

I read and will release this book as part of the 2006 Keep Them Moving Release Challenge from the Release Challenges forum.

I very vaguely remember reading this book many years ago. It was probably checked out from the library when I first discovered Janette Oke books. The funny thing was that I remembered the first part of the book where Papa Mac goes to claim Kendra from the orphanage but I remember very little about the life that they had once they returned to the wilderness. And I remembered nothing at all about the ending so it was still a surprise.

I think the part of the book that was the most distressing to me was the school that Kendra went to as a child. I am apalled at the insensitivity that was shown to her at a time when she was so vulnerable. She just didn't understand the ways of the school because no one would take the time to truly explain them to her. She was instead punished for her misunderstandings. She was an intelligent girl that could have been taught the ways of the school with just a little more patience. But I am glad that she got to go back to the wilderness with Papa Mac where she belonged.

I also thought that Nonie was an interesting character. She had little understanding of white ways but made an excellent caregiver for little Kendra and gave her a lot of valuable information and training in day to day life.

I thought that the ending to this book was perfectly timed and this book didn 't seem at all rushed. And while I would always like to hear more about any of the characters that Janette Oke creates I didn't feel like I was left hanging or that there was a lot more story to tell.

This book was mailed to elizardbreath on 15 Nov 2006. It is hoped that you will enjoy these books for your OBCZ or enjoy releasing them in whatever other way that you choose. If you find something that you like and want to read it first please feel free. I look forward to seeing this book moving again whenever you get the chance to pass it along.

I haven't read anything from Janette Oke in a really long time. There are several in here and since they are quick reads, I think I will hold on to them and read them and then release them in my MOPS OBCZ when we start up again after the holidays.

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Though this was a good story, I didn't enjoy it as much as I've enjoyed Oke's other books. I am releasing this at the Little Pig OBCZ during our girl's pottery night.

I picked this up at The Little Pig during Pottery Night. This was a quick read, though I don't think it is one of Janette Oke's best. I didn't care for all the hesitation in the characters' speech.
I am reserving this for my Aunt Patti, and if she has already read it, I will re-release it.