The Jumping-Off Place

The Jumping-Off Place
AuthorMarian Hurd McNeely
IllustratorWilliam Siegel
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's literature
PublisherLongmans, Green and Co.
Publication date
1929
Publication placeUnited States
Pages308

The Jumping-Off Place is a 1929 children's novel written by Marian Hurd McNeely and illustrated by William Siegel. Set on the Dakota prairie in the early 1900s, it follows the Linville children as they move from Wisconsin to South Dakota to live on their recently deceased uncle's homestead claim on the Rosebud Indian Reservation; it is based on the author's own life homesteading in South Dakota. The novel earned a Newbery Honor in 1930.