Chapters 1 and 2 Summary

Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson is a novel that takes place beginning in 1917 and follows the adventures of a sixteen-year-old orphan for approximately one year, telling her story from her own perspective. Hattie lost both her parents by the time she was five and has been reliant on a series of relatives for shelter and care, never really knowing a home of her own. At the age of thirteen, she is taken in by her Uncle Holt, who is really a distant cousin, and his wife Ivy. From Aunt Ivy's perspective, Hattie is inconvenient and should be placed somewhere useful as soon as possible. She finally accomplishes her goal when a local boarding house requires help, and though Hattie is sixteen and only months from finishing school, Ivy doesn't care. Uncle Holt is more inclined to let Hattie decide her...