Sarah Plain And Tall Analysis

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Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia McLachlan is a historical fiction which takes place in a rural place, such as, the prairie sometime during the 1800’s. This book centers around characters Anna, the 12 year old narrator, Caleb, Anna’s little brother, Jacob, the children’s father, and Sarah Wheaton, papa’s new wife. Anna, Caleb and their father, Jacob are so stricken by their mother’s death that they long for the need for her void to be filled. The children soon become worried for their father because this almost seemed impossible. Anna’s father, Jacob was having a hard time raising his family and taking care of his farms’ needs after the passing of his wife, so he began to search for another wife. Luckily, Sarah, a lady from Maine, answered