The Great North American Prairie (Stories from Where We Live Series) Book

A nice enough collection of middle grade short stories, without a common theme other than the genre (fantasy). I haven't read that much Jane Yolen, but usually like what I do read. The stories here were mostly decent enough, but not really memorable. I bet I would have eaten it up when I was in the target age group, though. There wasn't a truly bad story in the bunch, though Lost Girls just didn't do anything for me. I'd say the standout story in the collection was Mama Gone, an unusual vampire story. I give Yolen a lot of credit for using strong and varied voices in her stories. The main characters have grit, especially the girls, which is always very nice to read. I think I may have read one or two of these stories before, in other collections, but I'm not sure.