Kate O'Connell and her mother are left to struggle in 1906 Minneapolis after her father dies in a construction accident. Praying for a new husband for her mother, when God actually answers her prayers in the affirmative, Kate dreads what will happen next. Becoming part of a Swedish family in Wisconsin, Kate begins to get into conflicts with her step-brother Anders. When she notices some strange things happening around the farm, will she and Anders learn to work together to solve the mystery? 117 pages, softcover. Approximately 5th Grade & up.

Book 1 in the "Adventures of the Northwoods" series by Lois Walfrid Johnson.

Her Irish father having died in a construction accident, Kate O'Connell and her mother are left to struggle alone in the Minneapolis of 1906.

Seeing her mother struggle to support them and sensing her loneliness, Kate seeks help in finding her a new husband. But when her mother marries a Swedish man from northwest Wisconsin who is a widower with two sons and one daughter of his own, Kate becomes very concerned.

As conflict builds with Anders, the stepbrother her age, Kate sees puzzling things happen around the farm. When danger threatens, will she and Anders learn to work together? Who is the stranger who appears then disappears? Will they solve the mystery and become a true family?

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