West Of The Moon by Margi Preus

West Of The Moon is about 2 girls who go through hardships in their life.  First, their father goes off to America to get rich.  He lets his girls stay at their mean aunt's house for the time being.  While they are at their aunt's house, their aunt sells Astri (the older girl) to a goatman.  The goatman enforces manual labor on the girl.  This part of the story reminded me of slavery.  Slaves got sold to white people and are forced to work without a say in it.  I felt bad for Astri.  Throughout the book, Astri tells herself and her friends Norwegian flolktales to keep their spirits up.  Will she ever find papa again, she wonders as she and her sister travel together.
                                                                               

                                                                             

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