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Under the Daytime Moon
Lydia Emma Niebuhr, author
Children/Young Adult; General Fiction (including literary and historical); (Publish)
Sarah Hermann arrived at her new home in the Minnesota Territory in the spring of 1856. Her first friend there was New Moon, a Dakota girl who lived close by. Sarah shared her passion for writing with New Moon and gifted her a notebook to start her own journal. Through Sarah and New Moon's journal entries, the story of their friendship unfolds against the backdrop of the Dakota Conflict of 1862. How will the conflict affect the two girls? Will their friendship stand the tests of time and war?
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Reader Review
“Impressive historical fiction that gives details to the conflict in Minnesota through the voices of two coming-of-age girls. Should be on the must-read selections for history classes in Minnesota!”
~ Reader Review for Sarah’s New Moon
