Nothing Here but Stones - Softcover

Oswald, Nancy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0865411506 ISBN 13: 9780865411500

Publisher: Filter Press, 2013

Synopsis

Nancy Oswald's first historical novel is about the establishment of a Russian-Jewish community in Cotopaxi, Colorado, in 1882. Emma and her family, along with their neighbors have escaped persecution in Tsarist Russia to seek a better life in America, but they face hardship and struggle in the harsh climate of the Rocky Mountains. "A believable, vividly told story based on the struggles of an actual colony of pioneers."—The Horn Book Guide "Emma's role as middle child, outsider, dreamer, and risk taker is realistic. This well-paced, vivid account should capture readers."—School Library Journal Nothing Here but Stones is winner of the Willa Literary Award and a finalist for the Spur Award.First published by Henry Holt and Co. in 2004, Nothing Here but Stones joins Nancy's other historical novels, Rescue in Poverty Gulch (2011) and Hard Face Moon (2008), in the Filter Press catalog.

About this title

About the Author:

Nancy Oswald is an author, speaker, and retired elementary teacher. She writes middle grade and young adult historical fiction.She is the author of three works of historical fiction set in the early days of Colorado. Nothing Here but Stones received the WILLA Literary Award from Women Writing the West in 2005. Hard Face Moon was awarded of the CIPA Evvy. Rescue in Poverty Gulch was winner of the CIPA Evvy and finalist for both the Spur Award and Colorado Book Award.Nancy lives on a working cattle ranch in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of Colorado.

About this edition

• Publisher: Filter Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0865411506
• ISBN 13: 9780865411500
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176