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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2012 | Grades 5-up
Gr 6–8—In 1862, 12-year-old P. K. Pinkerton discovers his foster parents murdered in their cabin. He feels no grief, apparently because he is autistic. The killer is ruthless desperado Whittlin Walt, who then pursues P. K. for his valuable mine claim. The boy flees to lawless Virginia City, Nevada Territory, to register his document. There he meets many motley citizens of the Wild West town: Belle Donne, a Soiled Dove who robs him; Samuel Clemens, a newspaperman wh...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on February 1, 2012
"My name is P.K. Pinkerton and before this day is over I will be dead." And so begins a bang-up series starter, told in flashback by young P.K. Pinkerton. P.K.’s story opens when a gang of outlaws, dressed as Indians, kills his foster parents. P.K., who is half Sioux, escapes, but not without a medicine bag his foster ma instructs him to take before she dies and which holds his "Destiny." He jumps a stagecoach and heads for Virginia City, which is, according to P.K.’s foster ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2012
P.K.'s story opens when a gang of outlaws kills his foster parents and he escapes with his "Destiny," which turns out to be ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
