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Land of Dreams

by Joan Lowery Nixon
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Swedish immigrant Kristin Swensen lives on a farm in Minnesota. She hoped for a new life in America, but she realizes that her parents are clinging as closely as possible to the life they knew in Sweden. Kristin can't accept coming all this way only to re-create what she left behind. She longs to speak English and help the cause of women's rights. Her parents, however, want her to settle down and get married. Must Kristin give up her dream of independence and accept her parents' Old World values?

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Publisher: Random House Children's Books

Kindle Book

  • Release date: November 27, 2013

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  • ISBN: 9780307827517
  • Release date: November 27, 2013

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  • ISBN: 9780307827517
  • File size: 2329 KB
  • Release date: November 27, 2013

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Juvenile Fiction Juvenile Literature Historical Fiction

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English

Swedish immigrant Kristin Swensen lives on a farm in Minnesota. She hoped for a new life in America, but she realizes that her parents are clinging as closely as possible to the life they knew in Sweden. Kristin can't accept coming all this way only to re-create what she left behind. She longs to speak English and help the cause of women's rights. Her parents, however, want her to settle down and get married. Must Kristin give up her dream of independence and accept her parents' Old World values?

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Juvenile Fiction Juvenile Literature Historical Fiction
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