Dakota Spring

By D. Anne Love

Book Overview

Caroline and Jess don't know what to make of their prim and proper grandmother. She's traveled all the way from South Carolina to the Dakota prairie to help out while their pa recovers from his injuries. Caroline and Jess must call her Mrs. Ravenell instead of Grandmother. They can't believe this stern woman is the mother of their own loving mother, who died just last year. But little by little Caroline sees just what kind of woman her grandmother really is, as they face spring planting, a prairie tornado, their shared grief, and an unexpected surprise.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440913063
• ISBN13: 9780440913061
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishi
• Length: 90 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.

Customer Reviews

I good book with a fun plot.

Dakota Spring is a book were the father has been hurt and now the mean Grandmother has to come and take care of two children until the father gets better. The grandmother is grouchy about coming to their house and she is always grouchy it seems. The little boy trys to look good for the Grandmother, but instead he looks horrible from his haircut. The mother has died so that makes things even harder. The girl has to read a poem for the begining of spring in Dakota. As the book goes on a tornado comes and the question that then goes through your mind and that is the great part of the plot. The question is, will the grandmother become nice or will she be mean through the tornado? Another question, how long will it take for dad to get better? The way this book ends the conflict is grand. It was a good book.