After inheriting Her Uncle's homesteading claim in montana, 16-year-old orphan hattie brooks travels from iowa in 1917 to make a home for herself and encounters some unexpected problems related to the war being fought in...After inheriting Her Uncle's homesteading claim in montana, 16-year-old orphan hattie brooks travels from iowa in 1917 to make a home for herself and encounters some unexpected problems related to the war being fought in Europe.