One Big Open Sky by Lesa Cline-Ransome

Author:Lesa Cline-Ransome [Cline-Ransome, Lesa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Holiday House
Published: 2024-03-05T00:00:00+00:00

Lettie

Kansas / August 1879

They waited

a full day

until Mr. Casey said

We ain’t got no more time

while they stood together

waiting to see what we—

my momma really—

was going to do

Go forward

Go back

Stay where she was

right here in Kansas

Silas and Elijah

quit their wanderings

and stayed close to me

worried about the same things

I guess I was too

This morning

Momma woke up

as a red sun

set over the plains

like it was planning

to set the fields on fire

We’re moving out today

Momma told us

Back home?

Elijah asked before I could

Momma smiled and rubbed his head

We gotta keep going baby boy

West

We all

got to be our own Moses now

Then I asked

You gonna drive Charly and Titus?

Momma said

I am not

She smiled

tired

sad

But Miss Pratt is

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