Wilmettie is the story of one family's covered-wagon journey from West Texas to New Mexico Territory in the early 1900s.
When Wilmettie 's stepfather decides to follow his dream and claim a homestead of his own, Wilmettie 's younger brothers are excited about the journey.
But twelve-year-old Wilmettie is reluctant to leave her familiar surroundings and the grandmother she loves.
The book takes readers along for her family's advent.