Synopsis As a twelve-year-old Welsh immigrant carries a motherless baby along the Mormon Trail in 1856, she comes to love the baby as her own and fear the day the baby's father will reclaim her.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2002-09-01 | | Edition Description: | Illustrated |
| Size | | Length: | 246 pages | | Height: | 8.5 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 12.8 oz |
Publisher's Note While working for her father transporting goods on push wagons along the Mormon Train in 1856, 12-year-old Charlotte helps a distraught father take care of his new baby after his wife dies giving birth and, after becoming very attached, struggles with having to give the precious bundle back at the end of their travels.
Industry Reviews "Pinpoint historical details never overwhelm the force of the story, emotions ring true throughout, and the large cast of characters comes vividly to life, none more than Charlotte, strong and lovely." Kirkus Reviews (08/15/2002)
"Plenty of authors have spurred fictional pioneers West, but Cannon goes beyond the customary litany of blistered feet, dust storms, wayside burials, and buffalo stampedes. Her reimaging of the often-overlooked handcart migration of the 1850s makes covered wagon trains look like a luxury vacation, and her vision of a young teen snarled in the claims of adolescence and the demands of adulthood is perceptive and convincing." Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books - Elizabeth Bush (01/01/2003)
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