The Big Move
by Sarah Smith
Sadie Wister’s world is about to change. Her father lost his job in the city, forcing the family to move to a ramshackle farmhouse in the middle of nowhere.
Upon arrival, the Wister Family quickly realizes that their new life is going to be significantly more challenging than they had planned.
Forced to reclaim the abandoned house and homestead, the Wisters learn to work together as a family to cultivate new skills, build community and persevere through adversity.
The Big Move is the first book in a series on home.
While it can simply be a fun family read-aloud or an independent read for ages 8 and up, it can also be utilized as an educational resource in multiple settings.
For families:
The Big Move champions family values and the importance of cultivating a nourishing and nurturing home environment. It teaches the reader by immersing them in the characters’ experiences of learning practical and relational skills that promote strong collaborative households, child chores and responsibilities, as well as community collaboration.For homeschoolers:
There are additional learning material downloads to accompany the book including:Advanced vocabulary study worksheets
there are over 100 middle school and high-school level vocabulary words nested in the story and accompanying worksheets to help the reader learn the spelling and meaning of each word.
Composting; Canning; and Seed Start modules available for download
*coming soon!
For those aspiring to greater food security, rural life and living more closely with nature:
Through the narrative, The Big Move will inspire you to try your hand at various homesteading projects while encouraging you to adopt the RAD model for approaching (Read; Ask and then Do) any project they have been wanting to tackle!
The book specifically introduces and teaches its readers about canning to composting, gardening, herbal medicine, homeopathy, animal husbandry, the basics of milking animals and more.
Recipes are provided in the index of the book
Composting; Canning; and Seed Start modules available for download
*coming soon!
What is The Big Move ?
“The old and honorable idea of 'vocation' is simply that we each are called, by God, or by our gifts, or by our preference, to a kind of good work for which we are particularly fitted.”
— Wendell Berry
“The children must enjoy the book. The ideas it holds must each make that sudden, delightful impact upon their minds, must cause that intellectual stir, which mark the inception of an idea.”
— Charlotte Mason
About the author
Sarah Smith is a homemaker, wife and mother living in North Carolina. For 15 years she has specialized in education in urban and rural agriculture and soil science. She currently homesteads and homeschools with her husband and three boys on her 93 acre farm. In her spare time can be found milking her goats or cows, working in her garden, or like Sadie, making jam.
Contact the author at:
Homemade Heroes
PO Box 278
Bahama NC
27503
Or click the box below to email, but *letters are preferred.
