The Irrepressible Watts Sisters

<p>This 348 page Chapter Book is actually Three Books in One for Middle-schoolers and Jr. High and High Schoolers ages 9 to 19! Book One <em>The Voyage </em>is 21 chapters Book Two <em>Overland</em> is 21 chapters and Book Three <em>The Trek</em> is 20 chapters<em>.</em></p><p>It describes what it was like in 1863 for the children of immigrants and pioneers to cross the Atlantic Ocean to New York City by sailing ship cross the settled United States to Nebraska by trains and steamers and then cross the wilderness plains on foot and by oxen-pulled wagons. The goal was to settle in the remote Utah Territory with others of their Faith so they could worship God according to the dictates of their own conscience.</p><p>It follows the story of 18-year-old naïve Susannah Watts who is shepherding her 10-year-old rambunctious twin sisters Phoebe and Fanny with the goal to join their mother and brother who have already immigrated to Utah the year before.</p>