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156 pp.
| Holiday |
December, 1999 |
TradeISBN 0-8234-1426-4$$15.95
(2)
4-6
When Jessie's father announces the family is moving from Kentucky to Texas, she is reluctant to leave. That Texas is embroiled in war with Mexico matters little to her father until he realizes that the fight promises a grand adventure--or so he thinks. The novel's strength lies in its particularized setting and sense of history. Love appends a chronology, smoothly integrating fictional events (noted as such) into a time line.
Reviewer: Betty Carter
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 2000