Home in the Woods is not an easy book to read. This is because of several factors. The first is that the emotions of the story (the father’s death, the family leaving their first home, the poverty of the family) might make a sensitive reader uncomfortable. Eliza Wheeler presents the story tastefully, but modern children are probably not aware of the Great Depression and how it devastated the country. However, despite that, it is a lovely story of triumph and overcovering obstacles. The second issue […]