DeLanna has endured much from her mother and is now ready to start life on her own. As per usual, Nancy has given us another good book to read and keep us interested all the time. It's not easy to put the book down. Just keep the series going!!!

It was wonderful to read a teenage love story that was based on friendship and mutual respect. Although DeLanna seems to live a charmed life in many respects, she is unsatisfied with her endless limitations. Andrew too, is limited, but by money and social standing. They find what they need and want in each other. No longer alone, they set off on a journey toward a new life together.

Once you start the Apple Valley series, make sure that you have all of the books on hand because you'll want to read the next one as soon as you finish reading the one before! Note to Ms. Smith: Thank you and please get busy, I'm waiting for the rest of the series!

DeLana is a spunky young girl who has the pioneer spirit to achieve anything she wants. Nancy has a way with words that keeps you on the edge of your seat wondering what will happen next. The histoical facts are so well written. Make sure you have all the books when you start reading this series. Great reading for young and old!

This is a wonderful book that follows the life of a young pioneer girl as she makes her own unique way in an uncompromising world. Although the book is set in the 1820's, DeLanna shows us that we have to be true to ourselves no matter what the circumstances.This is a super "girl power" book!

Once you start the Apple Valley series, make sure that you have all of the books on hand because you'll want to read the next one as soon as you finish reading the one before! Note to Ms. Smith: Thank you and please get busy, I'm waiting for the rest of the series!

They've endured much as they go from Pennsylvania to Ohio and through all of this Nancy has kept the story enjoyable and interesting along with accurate historial reading. Keep the series going. I want to know what happens next!!!!

Once you start the Apple Valley series, make sure that you have all of the books on hand because you'll want to read the next one as soon as you finish reading the one before! Note to Ms. Smith: Thank you and please get busy, I'm waiting for the rest of the series!

Authentic Ohio history in the early 1800's. A continued story of DeLanna and Andrew (The Dare, and The Proposal). The reader is given the hardships and adventures of travel by Oxen and covered wagon. An eight week honeymoon that takes Del and Andrew from their homes in PA to the Ohio Firelands. The author delivers in each and every book of the series. Let's hope they just keep coming.

"Apple Valley Year" by Ann Turner shows young readers what happens during the year as Ralph Clark takes care of his apple orchard. From pruning the winter-dead branches to setting the beehives down among the trees to preparing the barrels to hold the apples that will be picked, "Apple Valley Year" is filled with the things large and small that make for a good harvest. Throughout the story Mr. Clark offers wise comments to his family (and horses) as to what makes for good apples. Apparently there is much more to do than wait for the apples to fall from the trees each autumn. Meanwhile, the fox that lives in the orchard is raising her new kits. The bright artwork by Sandi Wickersham Resnick is in the American primitive style, which is certainly appropriate for this story. This is one of those books where young readers will learn a lot about a topic without ever realizing they are doing more than being entertained.

Ralph Clark and his family farm apples, and we are shown the beauty and rhythm of their life through the seasons, beginning with winter. All efforts are interconnected, each season with its tasks that untimately contribute to a successful harvest. The book ends as it began, in winter, showing the full circle that being a farmer and working with nature offers. Beautifully illustrated.

When DeLanna and Andrew finally arrive in the Ohio Firelands, they must face cold and disapproving matrons and the everchallenging environment. Slowly, they find acceptance, friendship and their place in the community. As the story closes we look to the future of their young daughter Mattie, and uncertain changes to the town as the canal opens the land to an uneasy progress. This was a wonderful series of books and I look forward to BOOK FIVE! Does anyone know when that might be?

I loved this book in the Apple Valley series. DeLanna and her husband, Andrew, have finaly arrived in Ohio after a long voyage from Pennsylvania. Together with Andrew, DeLanna fights to build a place called home and to gain acceptance in the community.