Book description
Based on true-life histories, Buffalo Flats shares the epic, coming of age story of Rebecca Leavitt as she searches for her identity in the Northwest Territories of Canada during the late 1800s.
Seventeen-year-old Rebecca Leavitt has traveled by covered wagon from Utah to the Northwest Territories of Canada, where her…
Why read it?
1 author picked Buffalo Flats as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Rebecca Leavitt is seeking herself—in the Northwest Territories of Canada during the late 1800s.
I had a visceral memory of this spirited protagonist, because I’d heard Martine, who is my friend and writer colleague, read from drafts at residencies where we both taught at the time. I found that same spirit in these pages, carrying its sparkle all the way through.
Here is a YA novel that captures what it means to be a young person with dreams and yearnings. It speaks at once to past and present, which is exactly what I long for in historical fiction.
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