A review by simplymary
Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorensen

5.0

I can't describe my happiness at finding another (Newbery Award) book that creates the same feelings in me as the Little House series. Told from the young girl Marly's point of view, it's a sweet story about a 1950s family who go to live on a family farm to help her dad get over harrowing war experiences. The details of nature: all the flowers, Maple Hill throughout the seasons, and the sugar sap season were a pure delight to read. I felt the author had a perfect handle on the true feelings of a little sister, good moments as well as challenges, and the friendships developed in the story are tender as well. This is a book I look forward to reading to my children when they're older. As an aside, the author is a descendant of pioneers and was born in Utah.