All This Wild Land Maiju and her family arrive to Yankee Mills, Minnesota as their first stop on their way to a new life. They are greeted by Maijus’ mothers’ brother, Uncle Olavi, and his wife, Marta. When the family first arrives in Minnesota, Maiju is extremely excited, but to her parents, Yankee Mills looks nothing like their home in Finland. These new found Americans travel many miles with their belongings, into the wilderness, hoping …showed first 75 words of 615 total…

…showed last 75 words of 615 total…father, just like Maiju. Maiju makes it her goal to find the girls father, soon she does, and the Indian girl moves away from Maiju and begins her new life with her father. At the end of the book, Maiju learns that all will be okay. Her and her mother learn that life will be strenuous and hard to work for this land and their freedom, but it will altogether pay off in the end.