The devil's paintbox /
Victoria McKernan.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Knopf, c2009.
- 359 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 359).
In 1866, fifteen-year-old Aidan and his thirteen-year-old sister Maddy, penniless orphans, leave drought-stricken Kansas on a wagon train hoping for a better life in Seattle, but find there are still many hardships to be faced.
Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)--Juvenile fiction. Overland journeys to the Pacific--Juvenile fiction. Brothers and sisters--Juvenile fiction. Orphans--Juvenile fiction. Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)--Fiction. Overland journeys to the Pacific--Fiction. Brothers and sisters--Fiction. Orphans--Fiction. Historical fiction. Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)--Fiction. Overland journeys to the Pacific--Fiction. Siblings--Fiction. Orphans--Fiction. Western stories. Historical fiction.
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