| Gone to Texas: From Virginia to Adventure Contributor(s): Jackson, Louise A. (Author), Eckhardt, Jason C. (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1681790629 ISBN-13: 9781681790626 Publisher: Eakin Press OUR PRICE: $17.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - General - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.37" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.45 lbs) 172 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 118545 Reading Level: 4.3 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It's a long way from Western Virginia to Texas, but recently orphaned, fourteen-year-old Ephraim Darter is determined to make the trip. He wants to find adventure, not be a farmer for the rest of his life. He sets out one spring morning in 1850 with a good horse named General, a family keepsake clock no one else thinks will survive the journey intact, and a new friend who knows more about Latin grammar than traveling by horse. The boys encounter flooded rivers, bedbug-ridden inns, and a rascally medicine man who steals the precious clock, and in the process, experiences a life-changing adventure, far more hair-raising than he ever expected. "Gone to Texas: From Virginia to Adventure" is an entertaining page-turner inspired by a true-life experience of the author's ancestors. |