I'm hooked. I felt like I was there throughout the entire book. I highly recommend it for anyone looking for a fun and exciting adventure. I'm off to buy Miranda Goes to Hollywood!

This is one of my favorite children's books ever! It's funny, and silly, and slightly romantic, though not in a mushy way. Here's the basic plot: 12 year old Miranda Louis Gaines is bored. And I mean BORED! The other girls only like dolls, and so she plays with the boys (unthinkable to the well brought up ladies of the neighborhood, btu it's fine with her aunt). School's almost over, and her summer fun will begin, or should begin. On day, she overhears that new people are moving in next door. She dreams of meeting them until she hears the news: they aren't just any people; they're ACTORS! Strictly forbidden! She promises not to go talk to them, but what's the harm in eavesdropping from a tree? To make it short, Miranda gets involved with the American Moving Picture Company, and everything going's fine until the day of her birthday, when she goes with her aunt Lucy into New York...

TAKE TO THE SKY, the second volume in the HEARTLAND series, continues the adventures of Moe McDounough, a young girl living in a small Wisconsin town in the early 1900s. Moe is determine to fly, but where will she and her friend come up with the money neccesary to build a plane. And even if they do build a plane, can Moe really fly it?