Wilmettie is the story of one family's covered-wagon journey from West
Texas to New Mexico Territory in the early 1900s. When Wilmettie's
stepfather decides to follow his dream and claim a homestead of his own,
Wilmettie's younger brothers are excited about the journey. But
twelve-year-old Wilmettie is reluctant to leave her familiar
surroundings and the grandmother she loves. The book takes readers along
for her family's adventures on their way to what will become their new
homestead: covered wagon trains are formed, rattlesnakes are
encountered, rivers are forded, and banks are robbed. Along the way,
young Wilmettie meets new friends from places and cultures unlike her
own as her family makes the perilous journey to claim their homestead
land. But will it end up being a true home to Wilmettie?