Review: Aurora Means Dawn

Aurora Means Dawn by Scott Russell Sanders

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

It must have been so hard to decide to leave everything behind to go to a new place with nothing but the promise of land and happiness. The settlers in this book faced really difficult obstacles to get to their homestead and build their home. I couldn't imagine having to weather such a difficult storm outside and then camp until a house was built with 7 kids! Wow! A great story of perseverance. What other kids of settling stories are there out there? What difficult obstacles did you face when you moved to a new place?

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