3.5 stars. It was a bit simplistic and covered a huge span of time without a lot of signals to the reader (kids) that THAT much time has passed. One minute she's married the next she's 5 months from giving birth and the next she has had the baby. The kids were interested in what happened but it was lacking a bit for me, and I have read my fair share of kids' books. I need to look up kids chapter books written by actual natives instead of another white man.