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163 pp.
February, 1999 |
TradeISBN 0-671-02504-X$$14.00
(4)
4-6
Although the premise is weak--eleven-year-old Bailey earns a reputation as a coward because he jumps at firecrackers and must find, and prove, his courage--this is an engaging novel about life in Texas and Montana in the nineteenth century. Readers will get a good sense of the hardships of daily life and the hardiness required of young people--and families--to survive.