Launi K. Anderson Books
Clarissa's crossing
Clarissa sneaks her kitten on board when she and her family travel from England to America as converts to the Mormon Church in the mid-1800s.
Read MoreMaren's hope
Maren helps a Mormon family care for their children, and they help her to learn to read, but when her uncle forbids this contact, Maren's hope is tested.
Read MoreEllie's gold
When Ellie's mother needs help with her duties as a midwife, Ellie is afraid that she will not be able to earn a golden certificate at the ceremony marking the fiftieth anniversary of the settling...
Read MoreViolet's garden
In a series of letters to her friend in Salt Lake City, Violet describes her family's journey to southern Utah and their struggles to establish a Mormon settlement.
Read MoreHannah's treasure
On a trip to Philadelphia in 1840 to sell the crops they raised in the Blue Mountains, Hannah and her father meet a Mormon preacher.
Read MoreJaney's own
When Janey's father, hated for being an abolitionist and Mormon, goes away on business, greedy relatives plan to claim her family's plantation and sell the black servants as slaves.
Read MoreSadie's trade
While her parents attend a meeting aimed at reforming their lives as Mormons in Utah in 1856, twelve-year-old Sadie takes charge of her brothers and sisters on the family farm.
Read MoreClarissa's heart
While traveling from Iowa to Utah with her family and a company of Mormon pioneers in 1856, Clarissa trades a prized treasure for food to nourish her sick little brother.
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