Product Description

In this fourth book in the Martha Years series, ten–year–old Martha journeys to the bustling city of Perth to visit her newly married sister Grisie.

This is Martha's first time beyond the familiar heather hills and this city on the River Tay is more exciting than she could have ever imagined!

Ages 8–12

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #54028 in Books
• Published on: 2003-02-01
• Released on: 2003-02-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780064407151
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From Booklist
Gr. 3-5. The fourth book in the Martha Years series, which relates the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Scottish great-grandmother, begins when 10-year-old Martha leaves home for the first time. Her older sister, Grisie MacDougal, now married and living in her father-in-law's household in Perth, welcomes Martha, and they grow closer than they had been at home. Old Mr. MacDougal dies during Martha's visit, an aspect of the story that is surprising and well handled, and the family has a ceilidh, a traditional celebration with food, fiddles, bagpipes, dancing, and storytelling for the whole community. Softly shaded pencil drawings enhance the chapter headings, and a few larger drawings illustrate the text of this appealing, episodic story. Obviously, children will recognize that the eighteenth-century Scottish setting is noticeably different in its social strictures and customs, but they will readily understand and identify with Martha's emotional reactions to what she finds around her, from her uncomfortable feelings at Mr. MacDougal's sudden illness and death to the loneliness of being the youngest child and the last one at home. Carolyn Phelan
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Review
Children.will readily understant and identify with Martha's emotional reactions to what she finds around her. (Booklist )

About the Author
Melissa Wiley, the author of the Charlotte Years and the Martha Years series, has done extensive research on early-nineteenth-century New England life. She lives in Virginia with her husband, Scott, and her daughters, Kate, Erin, and Eileen.

Customer Reviews

More "Martha" and Little House
Martha is Laura Ingalls Wilder's great-grandmother and the "Martha series" are the books about her life in Scotland. This one has her beginning to grow up and learn to be a young lady. This is a great series of books, as are the ones that cover her daughter (Charlotte) and granddaughter (Caroline, Laura's mother). Remember these are not written by Laura, so they're different from the original Little House books, but they are excellent little books showing the author's view of how the girls' lives went.

Good continuation of the Martha Years
I enjoyed this book for the most part, although Grisie's father-in-law was such a jerk, I couldn't blame Grisie or Martha not liking him very well. I was glad Grisie's husband was a much nicer person and she was happy in her marriage! I laughed out loud when her husband stood up to his father and told him he was wrong, probably nobody had ever said such things to the old man before!

another wonderful continuation
Melissa Wiley does an excellent job of describing the world from the point of view of a 10 year old facing life in Scotland several generations ago. A lively and entertaining story, very well done!