Jenny of the Tetons (Great Episodes) - Softcover

Gregory, Kristiana

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0152167706 ISBN 13: 9780152167707

Publisher: Clarion Books, 2002

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub Date: 2002 Pages: 192 Publisher: the Graphia Carrie Hill hates Indians Indians killed her parents and ruined her life WITH nowhere else to go fifteen-year-old Carrie signs on to help care for the family of Beaver Dick Leigh. an English trapper. To her dismay. Carrie discovers that Beaver Dick's wife. Jenny. is a Shoshoni Indian! But as Carrie's wounds heal under Jenny's gentle care. she begins to respect and love this kind woman. Beginning each chapter with an excerpt from Beaver Dick Leigh's actual journals. Kristiana Gregory ings alive the people and the dramatic setting of a bygone era. Orphaned by an Indian raid while traveling West with a wagon train. fifteen-year-old Carrie Hill is befriended by the English trapper Beaver Dick and taken to live with his Indian wife Jenny and their six children.

About this title

Review:

"A thoroughly involving story. . . . An impressive first novel."--Kirkus Reviews
"Readers will relish each page."--Publishers Weekly
"Smashing. . . . . I am as impressed with the emotion Kristiana Gregory has packed into her novel as I am with her vivid and detailed picture of pioneer life in America in the 1870s."--Clyde Robert Bulla

About the Author:

KRISTIANA GREGORY has been a reporter, an editor, and a children's book reviewer. She was honored with the Golden Kite Award for Jenny of the Tetons. Ms. Gregory is also the author of The Legend of Jimmy Spoon and Earthquake at Dawn. She lives in Boise, Idaho.

About this edition

• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0152167706
• ISBN 13: 9780152167707
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192