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My Face to the Wind

My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, A Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska, 1881

(Dear America)

By Jim Murphy

Interest Level

Grades 6 - 8

Reading Level

Grade level Equivalent: 4.9

Lexile Measure®: 810L

DRA: Not Available

Guided Reading: NR

Genre

  • Diaries and Journals
  • Historical Fiction
  • Dictionaries
  • Series

Theme/Subject

  • Westward Exploration and Expansion
  • Courage, Bravery, Heroism
  • School Life
  • Survival

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About This Book

In the late 1870s many young teachers traveled West to earn money and make a new life for themselves. However, the schools were inadequate at best. Some returned home, unable to endure the hardships of prairie life, but others were more committed. Jim Murphy's Sarah Jane Price stayed, braving the rough conditions of the West and the daily tasks that ensued.

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Jim Murphy's biography
Jim Murphy
Jim Murphy is celebrated for his engaging and carefully researched nonfiction for young readers. His more than thirty-five books include two Newbery Honor Books, The Great Fire and An American Plague (which also won the Sibert Award), and Blizzard!, which was named a Sibert Honor Book.
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