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West Against the Wind

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This is an excellent book. You won't want to put it down. Fourteen-year-old Abigail Parker and her family set out on the adventurous trek towards Yuba City to find her loving father and join him in the west. Mr. Parker has caught the "gold fever" but finds California to be a wonderful place and invites his family to come join him. In the middle of a foggy night, Abby was up by herself only to turn around to a charming young man, Mathew Reed. He explains little but soon is welcomed into the wagon train to travel with the Parkers. As Abby gets to know Mathew better, she discovers that there was something very mysterious about him. Why does he keep disappearing? What is he hiding? I found myself wanting to find out the secret Mathew was hiding just as much as Abby.
This risky journey changed Abby for the better. She grows up at an incredible speed in a matter of six months in an endless prairie, burning desert, and the snowy, almost impossible to pass, Sierra Mountains. Will they survive? Will they defeat the wilderness? If you like adventurous love stories, this is a great book for you!

This book made me feel as if I were walking along the wagon train with Abby and Matt. It's an adventure that you will want to read over and over again! Not only is it a great love story but it also describes the hard times of the gold rush. This book is very romantic and original and I would recommend it to anyone!

West Against the Wind is one of my favorite books ever. I love the main character, Abby Parker, and the author's descriptions of other charaters are great! This book is a superb action-romance that I'd recommend to anyone. The story has such a fast pace I couldn't put it down. I must have read it at least 15 times!

My grandfather loved this story. It is a real gem, and is a quick read for kids and adults. If you enjoy drama and historical fiction you will like this book. Makes a great gift too. Is part of a series of stories that are equally terrific!

This was an interesting story about the 1820's Gold Fever told as the characters travel west to California. For me, this was required summer reading for 8th grade. The main character is Abby, who becomes a women and falls in love during her travels. Too girly for my taste.

This book, about a girl and her family that cross the west, is one of the best books that I have ever read. She meets up with this boy, and they soon become involved. Through all the hardships, they almost all manage to survive, and arrive in California safe and sound. If you love romance, and adventure, you will love this book!

I loved this book it was awsome. The story was one of my favorites.

I thoroughly enjoyed the book. Lisa is an excellent writer, and she depictly portrays the Parker's journey. What I especially like, is she doesn't treat us like kids, and says adult stuff. It really makes me feel appreciated, and it says that she thinks that we are mature. Compelling! You won't be able to put it down.

West Agianst the Wind was a great book to me, it made me think of all the struggle people went through just to get across America which takes us now acouple of days in a car or a few hours by plane. Without people that really were like Abby, her family, and gold fever we might of never of gotten out of the east coast! Anyway this book is GREAT! Anyone should read it who wants to read a great book, that has a great package inside.

I have never in my life read a more boring book than this. It was assigned to my 8th grade class and not one student liked it