Prairie Whispers

By Frances Arrington

Book Overview

The author of the critically acclaimed Bluestem vividly evokes the lonesome, wild beauty of the 1860s American prairie in this gripping tale of secrets that lead to lies.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399239758
• ISBN13: 9780399239755
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Philomel
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.6" x 0.8" x 5.8"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher

Customer Reviews

great book

My daughter was reading this book for a class. I had glanced at the cover and thought it looked interesting. I read the back cover and was hooked. I read the book in one evening. Great book with lots of moral dilemmas and suspense.

Prairie Whispers By: Sammy

after the death of a new born early baby Colleen went out to get the widow all was well expet the fact that Colleen's ma was to weak to under stand her baby was dead,she didn't know. So Colleen went out to get the widow and then she saw... You'll find out when read Prairie Whispers. Colleen is a young girl who faces a big challenge ahead of her. She just lied for the first time in her life! This is an exiting good book,sitting there for hours wishing it would never end. I think this is history and action all in one book. You'll here about a snake bite that is deadly a lie comeing from a girl who's never lied in her life a death from a newley born early baby, and a mother who doesn't know! You'll see how it all fits in there when you read Prairie Whispers!

prairie whisper review

Prairie Whispers is a suspenceful novel all the way through. The begining of the book tells when colleen receives a baby from a woman on her death bed. The woman doesnt want her newborn to have to grow up with an obusive father. along with the newborn baby Colleen gets a strong box with goodies and a golden watch for the baby. while the husband is suspicious of colleen taking his things colleen cant even tell her parents or brother what really happend or she could get in real trouble. The most suspenseful part of this novel is when the man takes the baby away from colleen and threatens not to give the baby back unless he gets the money, for he has no need of the baby. Colleen learns that she needs to tell her parents everything and they will take care of it and also dont steal! Colleen also has many other adventures in this book that are also exiting. Colleen knows there will be nothing like this experience of her lifetime.

An exciting read from cover to cover!

I am a 8th grade English teacher. I saw the review for this novel in The Horn Book. It was excellent! The plot is straight forward and the tension in the story does not let up until the last page. It is a good book to develop questions and ethical debates with your students. "What would you do" will be in your head as you read the entire book. Questions as to Clay O'Brien's true character will also come up. You also have to decide if Mary Kathleen O'Brien description of her husband is accurate. It is a good "thinking book. The book is a quick read with only 184 pages. The print is medium size as well. I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys historical fiction with a bit of suspense thrown in!