Twelve-year-old Rose sets out to prove her brother's innocence when he is accused of shooting a politician during a Wild West show performance in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1886.
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Grade 4-6-Rose Taylor, 12, wants to be a trick-rider in the Wild West Show, but in 1886 Louisville, KY, she has to settle for assisting her older brother, Zane, with his sharpshooting act and playing the part of a settler fleeing from American Indians. When General Judson, a supporter of the Dawes Allotment Act, is shot during a performance and Zane is charged with attempted murder, Rose sets out to clear his name. She suspects that the real target was Senator North, a staunch advocate for American Indian rights, and that Chief White Bear, a Dakota Indian who performs in the show, knows more than he will tell. While she receives assistance from the 13-year-old son of the Wild West Show's co-owner and clues from Chief White Bear, it is Rose herself who must solve the mystery and bring the would-be assassin to justice. While there are some historical inaccuracies, such as South Dakota called a state three years before it was admitted to the Union, the story strives to be true to the era while incorporating modern sensibilities about prejudice and racial injustice.
Farida S. Dowler, formerly at Bellevue Regional Library, WA
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Farida S. Dowler, formerly at Bellevue Regional Library, WA
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Alison Hart has been writing since she was seven years old when she wrote, illustrated and self-published The Wild Dog. (A book she still shows young readers to prove that it's never too early to be an author.) Today she is an adjunct college instructor teaching reading and writing as well as the author of over twenty mysteries and historical suspense novels for children and teens, including Gabriel's Horses, which has been nominated for over eight state awards. "I honed my craft writing Nancy Drew mysteries and quickly developed a love of strong characters who are thrown into suspenseful situations; in other words, I love writing books that keep young readers glued to the pages."
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Pull!" Twelve-year-old Rose Taylor tripped the lever and a round clay pigeon flew into the air. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
gun box, cowboy band, clothes tree, headquarters tent, trick riding, supply tent, gun table Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
White Bear, Senator North, General Judson, Wild West, Billy Dees, Pop Whittaker, Mayor Reed, Swift Raven, One Feather, Rose Hannah, Dry Gulch Stage, Chief Whallen, Miss Rose, Cowboy Band, Big Ears, Dawes Act, Levi Frontier, Mary Hannah, South Dakota, William Pearson, Dawes Allotment Act, Louisville Women's League, Con Hardy, Leaping Elk, Miss Taylor New!
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Pull!" Twelve-year-old Rose Taylor tripped the lever and a round clay pigeon flew into the air. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
gun box, cowboy band, clothes tree, headquarters tent, trick riding, supply tent, gun table Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
White Bear, Senator North, General Judson, Wild West, Billy Dees, Pop Whittaker, Mayor Reed, Swift Raven, One Feather, Rose Hannah, Dry Gulch Stage, Chief Whallen, Miss Rose, Cowboy Band, Big Ears, Dawes Act, Levi Frontier, Mary Hannah, South Dakota, William Pearson, Dawes Allotment Act, Louisville Women's League, Con Hardy, Leaping Elk, Miss Taylor New!
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- Dark Tower (Orchard Black Apple) by Anthony Masters in Front Matter
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- Whistler in the Dark (American Girl History Mysteries) by Kathleen Ernst in Front Matter
- Shadow Horse by Alison Hart in Back Matter
- Circle of Fire (American Girl History Mysteries) by Evelyn Coleman in Front Matter
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