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Letters to Oma

Letters to Oma

Gurasich, Marj

Paperback

Series: Chaparral Books

FamilyGeneral Juvenile FictionHistory

Publisher Price: $18.95

ISBN10: 0875650376
ISBN13: 9780875650371
Publisher: Texas Christian Univ Pr
Published: Jan 1 1989
Pages: 162
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.52 Width: 6.04 Depth: 8.92
Language: English
When fifteen-year-old Christina Eudora Von Scholl learns that her family will leave their German homeland to seek freedom in Texas, her greatest sorrow is leaving behind her beloved grandmother. And so, in a series of letters, she takes Oma on this great adventure with her family . . . and takes us as readers.

Sometimes the letters are dark with discouragement, for the Von Scholls find, as did many German-Texas families, that the Society for the Protection of German Emigrants, known as the Adelsverein, was unable to fulfill its promises of land, housing, horses, and farm implements. But they are Germans, determined and willing to work hard.

More often these letters--and the text woven in between them--are bright with adventure, for Tina finds Texas an exciting, if puzzling, place. There are new customs to learn, new foods to eat, even while the family preserves its traditional German ways. Tina's adventures include a run-in with a mountain lion, an exciting trip across Texas with her father to Sisterdale, and a frightening encounter with Lipan Indians. Her lessons in being an American are helped by Jeff, a young man who becomes part of the family when he undertakes to teach them to farm in Texas. Tina, in return, teaches Jeff to read and learns a lesson in love that is without nationality.

Letters to Oma is a charming, informative novel that sweeps the reader back to a very particular time and place. And Tina Von Scholl is irresistible as correspondent and as heroine.

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