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"Satisfied with a Grade 8 education? Not fourteen-year-old Allister McRuer. The first step to realizing his dreams requires high school, but will his father ever allow him to leave the farm and live in town to attend? Allister's one thread of hope for more education involves waiting for their one-room school to get a teacher with a high school diploma, and then persuading that teacher to help him study Grade 9. However, when fire spreads from Turtle Mountain towards the McRuers' farm and the school, Allister must work quickly to prevent this hope from disappearing into ashes. In the midst of his fight for an education, Allister meets Sam Pollack in the fall of 1896, an itinerant worker from Ontario who comes to the farm. He asks Allister a pointed question: ""What do you want to do with your life?"" Will answering truthfully change anything? And if he ever gets his wish to attend high school in Cherry Creek, what name should he ask his classmates and teachers to call him by? Certainly not Allister!"

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In this satisfying conclusion to the Allister Of Turtle Mountain series, we see how persistence, patience, and faith lead to the fulfillment of a young man's dreams. I recommend this book for middle schoolers, who will be captivated by the action-filled life of the pioneer farmers. They'll identify with Allister's struggle to chart a different future than the one his parents intend for him. As they're drawn into the story, the students will absorb historical knowledge the easy way--by living it vicariously. --Connie Lee Educator, freelance writer, 2008 winner of the Guideposts Writers Workshop contest Readers who have grown attached to Allister in the first two books in the Allister of Turtle Mountain series will enjoy watching him mature as he pursues his dream of an education while continuing to long for his father's support. Engagingly written, the story of Allister's busy life in the city, changing relationships with family members, and growing faith in God make for a fine finish to the series. --Jill Schramm Newspaper journalist for forty years and senior staff writer for Minot Daily News in Minot, ND

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Patricia E. Linson, a retired teacher, lives with her husband, Irv, in Minnesota. Through her Manitoba relatives, she keeps in touch with her Canadian prairie roots. Patricia has published short stories about family members in Kindred Spirit and The Senior Paper. The first two books of Patricia's Allister of Turtle Mountain series, A Boy Called Allis and Hope for Allis, were published in 2016 and 2018, respectively. Becoming Bob is the third book of the trilogy.

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