Meet Kirsten by Janet Shaw

Meet Kirsten is the first book in a series of books by Janet Shaw. Kirsten Larson is a nine year old girl who is immigrating with her family from Sweden to Minnesota in 1854. Kirsten travels on a ship, then train, a riverboat and then walked the rest of the way to Uncle olav's farm. The trip took nearly 3 months. When Kirsten is on the riverboat there are lots of other pioneer families travelling to Minnesota. Because the riverboat is so crowded, there are diseases spreading around. Kirsten's friend Marta, who also travelled from Sweden, dies from Cholera. Kirsten feels very sad about her friend dying, and so did I. I enjoyed the book Meet Kirsten, but it was a very sad story. Reviewed by Mimi aged 10yrs