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Reviewed on November 1, 2003
Gr 4-7 Florrie, 12; her pregnant mother; a younger, sometimes troublesome brother; and Mr. Ryder, her new stepfather, set out in 1848 from Arrow Rock, MO, on an arduous journey of several months to Santa Fe, New Mexico Territory. Florrie's diary entries believably record her varied experiences-from mired-down and broken wagons and standoffs with badgers to the death ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More