The Longest Date: life as a wife/Cindy Chupack/212 pgs.

I was unfamiliar with this author prior to reading her book. I think it was the title of the book that lured me in! This is Cindy Chupack's account of going from a bachelorette, to a wife--at the end of her 30's. There is humor and sadness (especially her struggles to become a mom). She's very straight forward with her feelings, and doesn't try to sugarcoat anything. It was worth reading!

Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie the Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell / Kristiana Gregory 163 p.

13-year-old Hattie Campbell tells the story of her family's wagon trip from Missouri to Oregon in the 1847. She describes the hazards, losses, and joys on this 6 month long race to their new home.  A work in the Dear America series.