R.J. thought that war would be the ultimate adventure—until he was in the middle of it. In 1862, thirteen-year-old Ransom J. Powell lies about his age and joins the Union Army as a drummer boy. At first, he is thrilled to be defending his country, but by the time he has been in his first skirmish he sees war for the brutal horror that it is. Then he and his regiment are captured and taken to Camp Sumter, a Confederate prison. With its disease and cruel guards, Camp Sumter is worse than any battlefield, and Ransom watches is friends die one by one. Will he be next? "A sober but important contribution to the growing number of Civil War novels."—Booklist "Vibrant characters and realistic war and prison scenes combine to make [this] a compelling book."—School Library Journal
Color illustration on front cover of a Native American man mounted on a white horse in a grassy field with a silhouette of more riders in the distance; above the rider is an eagle feather headdress and a tomahawk.
The beginning of an exciting new Western series by the Spur Award-winning author of Among the Eagles and My Brother, the Wind. For Jake Wetherby and his three younger brothers, the trip was a true education. Jake didn't know anything about cattle or Comanches--but he was good with a gun. And that would come in very handy.
In 1858 Texas, people are violently divided over a law that makes it a crime to help runaway slaves. Caleb isn't sure how he feels. When an escaped slave saves his life, Caleb knows he has a debt to repay. But should he break the law and risk his life to help two slaves escape? "Fast paced and filled with details that illuminate a less well-known escape route than the Underground Railroad." —School Library Journal
Jake Wetherby didn't survive the move from Tennessee to Texas and the loss of his parents for nothing. Thought there was little law and plenty of trouble, he aimed to keep his small family alive. It would take more than blood and bullets to bring his down.
Having recognized the fact that he is not of this Earth, fourteen-year-old Scott tries to live as a normal teenager while exploring his awesome powers of teleportation, matter conversion, and seeing the future. Sequel to "The Antrian Messenger".
Pinto Lowery never wanted anything more than the chance to raise a family and find a piece of land he could call his own. But after fighting in the Civil War, he couldn’t settle, and instead drifted all over the West breaking mustangs, haunted by the ghosts of his fallen comrades. All that changed in a flash. There didn’t seem to be a good reason to leave mustanging to go work on the farm of Mister Tully Oakes while Oakes travels north on a cattle drive. The man had a reputation for being stingy, ornery and contrary. But when Pinto met Elsie Oakes and her young children, an old yearning stirs in his heart and Pinto decided to take Tully’s offer, Time goes by quickly when the work is hard. Yet, while the corn is being harvested and everyone is around the fire at night, Pinto can almost fool himself into believing he’s found a loving family, and the first secure home he’s known since boyhood. But the day of Tully’s return looms and the Hannigan gang has taken to raiding the local ranches—imperiling Pinto Lowery’s simple dreams of the future.
In charge of the family's Texas homestead during the Civil War, 14-year-old T.J. saves the life of a Comanche boy during an Indian raid and they subsequently hunt a large, silver wolf purported to be the devil.
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