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226 pp.
| Kane/Miller
| September, 2010
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TradeISBN 978-1-935279-51-8$15.99
(3)
YA
After their father dies, thirteen-year-old Molly (pretending to be eighteen) and her sister travel to Raton, New Mexico, to be Harvey Girls. Serving food all day to Wild West cowboys, miners, and railroad men changes Molly's outlook on life. An original setting, filled with interesting details about young women's lives in the Harvey Eating Houses, characterizes this captivating, well-researched historical narrative. Reading list.
163 pp.
| Delacorte
| May, 2002
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TradeISBN 0-385-32719-6$$15.95
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LibraryISBN 0-385-90038-4$$17.99
(4)
4-6
Mexico has just lost the 1846-48 war with the U.S., and the de Haro family's ownership of their California ranch is challenged. Meanwhile, thirteen-year-old narrator Cesa contends with her great-aunt's attempt to excise Cesa's tomboy ways. Part coming-of-age tale, part historical family drama, the novel is initially stalled by too many descriptions of Mexican customs and traditions but is ultimately compelling and moving.