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As far as I can see Meg's prairie diary

In her diary for 1856, nine-year-old Meg describes the long, dangerous journey she and her younger brother make from Missouri to Kansas, as well as the new life they find there.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	McMullan, Kate
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Scholastic, 2001.
Edition:	1st ed.
Series:	Meg's prairie diary ; #01 My America
Subjects:	Frontier and pioneer life > Juvenile fiction. Diaries > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	In her diary for 1856, nine-year-old Meg describes the long, dangerous journey she and her younger brother make from Missouri to Kansas, as well as the new life they find there.
Physical Description:	106 p. ; ill. ; 19 cm.
ISBN:	0439425174
Author Notes:	Kate McMullan was born in 1947 in St. Louis, Missouri. She received a Bachelor's degree in elementary education at the University of Tulsa and a Master's degree in early childhood education from Ohio State University. She taught elementary school in inner-city Los Angeles and on an American Air Force base in Germany. In 1976, she moved to New York City and became an editor of language arts and audiovisual materials for a publishing house. She has written over 50 children's books under the names Kate McMullan, Katy Hall, and K. H. McMullan. The book, I Stink!, won a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor. Nutcracker Noel and Hey, Pipsqueak, which were illustrated by her husband Jim McMullan, were voted among the New York Times Ten Best Picture Books of the Year. She writes the Dragon Slayers' Academy series and the Fluffy, the Classroom Guinea Pig series. She also teaches at New York University's School of Continuing and Professional Studies and is a member of the faculty of the New School's MFA Writing Program. (Bowker Author Biography)