Josie (Sunfire) [Paperback]

Vivian Schurfranz (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1988 | Series: Sunfire

Can Josie have love and adventure? Ever since her mother died, Josie has taken care of the family. But she dreams of adventure, and a more exciting beau than kind, gentle James, who runs the Carson City Pony Express office. Then Mike, a dashing new pony express rider comes to town. Are Josie's dreams coming true? Josie finds the answer unexpectedly, when she is the only one who can make a daring ride to get the mail through. Captured by a group of outlaws led by a famous woman bandit, Josie gets a first-hand look at a real life of daring and danger, and some woman-to-woman advice about love. Does Josie have the heart for another kind of adventure, the adventure of true love?

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks (June 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590412078
• ISBN-13: 978-0590412070
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #848,658 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great book curl up with and love, December 2, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Josie (Sunfire) (Paperback)

Joise is a young girl torn between two lovers. One a dashing young Pony Express rider and the other a quiet caring man. Then in a daring ride for the Pony Express she is captured by outlaws and changes her heart and her life.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars It's another Schurfranz Mary Sue, January 27, 2010

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Karla Bushway "7Rabbits" (South Strafford, VT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Josie (Sunfire) (Paperback)

If this is the first Sunfire book by Vivian Schurfranz you've read, then you're bound to like it, or at least think it's ok. If, like me, this is one of the last, you already know what's going to happen, and when, before you even open it up. And if that peeves you, then you'll want to slap the book into next month.

To wit: Girl longs for adventure in boring town. Girl has Solid & Reliable Boyfriend whom she believes she loves. But...Dashing & Exciting Boy comes into her life and she immediately forgets Boyfriend #1 because Mr. Dashy is "confident" (i.e., a brash asshat) and "so handsome!" (and arrogantly knows it). That is, until the next chapter, where Boyfriend #1 does something Nice & Considerate, and she finds herself Torn Between Two Lovers for the next several chapters. Schurfranz' heroines literally seesaw between two boys for pages upon pages for the stupidest of reasons, driving the poor reader bugnuts. Schurfranz always gives her heroine Something That Others Cannot Do, which she attempts with differing degrees of success, and that usually creates a Moment Of Truth for the two boyfriends. Depending on how they treat the heroine in Her Moment of Triumph, the heroine has an epiphany in the last two pages and she goes with the same type of boy Schurfranz always has her heroines choose. G'wan....GUESS which one!

I have rarely enjoyed a Schurfranz Sunfire - I think Danielle was the only one I marginally enjoyed. Perhaps because it was the first one of hers I read and I had no idea she had one formula and never deviated from it. Her entries and Ransom's Nicole have been the worst of a very uneven series. Why can't all of them be like Jennie or Darcy? *sigh*

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cool book!, February 22, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Josie (Sunfire) (Paperback)

Josie lives near a Pony Express station. She is in love with two men. The man who runs the station, and a rider for the Pony Express. Then Josie must make a daring ride for the Pony Express and is captured by outlaws! Can she escape?