Home on Stoney Creek (Sarah's Journey Series #1) [Paperback]

Wanda Luttrell (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up

"Kentucky! Why, God, do we have to move to Kentucky?"

The cry for freedom is spreading throughout the colonies calling many people to war, but not Sarah's family. The cry they hear leads them to a new, untamed wilderness called Kentucky. Kentucky doesn't feel much like freedom to Sarah, however. She can't understand why God didn't answer her prayers to stay in Virginia, but she vows she'll return some day.

"An engaging novel, one that will not only teach how it was on the first frontier, but will point out the need for faith in God. . . ." and #151;Gilbert Morris

"Sarah Moore's adventures will keep you turning pages long after bedtime." and #151;Elaine McEwan-Adkins

Wanda Luttrell was raised and still lives on the banks of Stoney Creek where she and her husband have raised their five children.

Editorial Reviews

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Gr. 4^-6. When 11-year-old Sarah Moore reluctantly leaves her home in Kentucky to travel with her family to Virginia in 1775, her feelings alternate between curiosity about her new life and longing for the past. Although she is hardworking and obedient, she is bitter that God would expose her family to such harsh new circumstances. A year later, when she travels back to Virginia and stops by her old home place, she discovers that a true home is not a physical place but the spirit of the family that lives there. The epiphanous final scene is poorly paced, but Luttrell turns over a convincingly unromanticized portrait of frontier life. Like Laura Ingalls Wilder, she provides rich detail about homesteading and quaint folk expressions, which make this a fine beginning for a new fiction series. Shelly Townsend-Hudson

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Chariot Victor Publishing (January 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0781409012
• ISBN-13: 978-0781409018
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,660,535 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good pioneer story set on the Colonial Kentucky frontier., September 6, 2004

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This review is from: Home on Stoney Creek (Sarah's Journey Series #1) (Paperback)

Eleven-year-old Sarah Moore was devastated when her father decided the family would move to the Kentucky frontier at the start of the American Revolution. She doesn't want to leave Virginia, where her friends and the only home she has ever known are, and she worries about her oldest brother, who has left home to join the Patriot army. She prays and prays to stay in Virginia but her prayers go unanswered. The journey through the wilderness to Kentucky is dangerous as the family struggles through forests, across rivers, and over mountains. Reaching Kentucky, the Moores must struggle to build a home in the untamed wilderness. Sarah is desperately lonely and longs for her home in Virginia, vowing to return as soon as she can. But as time goes by she begins to realize that home is not a place, but being with your family.

I really liked the setting of this book and the details of pioneer life on the early frontier. I would recommend this book to young readers who enjoy stories about pioneer or colonial life. I look forward to reading the rest of the books in this series.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Home on Stoney Creek, March 6, 2000

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Erin (Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Home on Stoney Creek (Sarah's Journey Series #1) (Paperback)

Home on Stoney Creek is a wonderful book. It takes you through the challanges that Sarah Moore faces leaving all that she knows, to go live in an untamed wilderness. It tells of the trials of moving, something many readers can relate to.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My kids loved it!, February 6, 2007

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This review is from: Home on Stoney Creek (Sarah's Journey Series #1) (Paperback)

We read this book in less than a week. It's a great read-aloud or personal reading. My daughters (7 & 10) loved it!