She has given me a journal to fill.

In Anna's journal the words walk across the page like bird

prints in the mud. But it is hard for me.

It is hard to find things to write about.

The third book in Newbery Medal-winning author Patricia MacLachlan's Sarah, Plain and Tall series -- begun in Sarah, Plain and Tall and Skylark -- continues in her signature spare, poignant style, spinning a tale of love, forgiveness, and the ties that bind a family together.