Jan Ormerod

Leaving everything you know behind is never easy, especially when it means saying goodbye to the person you love most. Hallie is terrified when her parents decide to join a long, dusty wagon train heading all the way to Oregon. The hardest part of all is leaving her beloved grandmother back home. As the heavy wagons roll westward across the vast and empty plains, Hallie encounters things she has never seen before. She must bravely face rumbling storms that darken the sky and a whole set of new, unknown challenges on the rugged frontier. Whenever the booming thunder rattles her wagon or the lonely nights feel too big, she wraps herself tightly in the special quilt her grandmother made for her. You will travel alongside Hallie on this deeply moving historical journey. It is a powerful story about finding your own inner strength, facing your deepest fears, and discovering that the warmth of family can travel with you across any distance.