Product Description

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 brings alive the people and the dramatic setting of a bygone era.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #968006 in Books
• Published on: 2002-06-30
• Released on: 2002-05-31
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .45" h x 4.48" w x 6.96" l, .30 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

From Publishers Weekly
Carrie hates the Indians for killing her parents and stealing her brothers. But when she is taken in by an Englishman named Beaver Dick to help with his children, Carrie quickly learns the gentle, reverent ways of his Indian wife, Jenny. Like them, Carrie learns to respect and work with the land. When smallpox spreads through the country, neither Jenny nor any of her children are spared, and Carrie learns just how deeply she had come to love her adopted family. Gregory's story is dotted, chapter by chapter, with excerpts from the journal of the real Beaver Dick. His spelling and grammar make the story authentic, and leave readers with a vivid account of the hardship and beauty of living in the new land. In her author's note and epilogue, Gregory offers the facts behind some of the tragedies in the book. This is heartfelt historical fiction, and readers will relish each page of the adventure. Ages 8-12.
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Ingram
Orphaned by an Indian raid while traveling West with a wagon train, 15-year-old Carrie Hill is befriended by the English trapper Beaver Dick and taken to live with his Indian wife Jenny and their children. This award-winning novel will captivate readers as they learn about pioneer life in the 1870s.

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.