A Voice for Kanzas

By Debra McArthur

Book Overview

"Kanzas" Territory in 1855 is a difficult place to settle, particularly for a 13-year-old poet like Lucy Thomkins. Between the proslavery Border Ruffians and Insiders like her father who are determined to make Kansas a free state (not to mention the snakes and the dust storms), it's hard to be heard, no matter your age.But after Lucy makes two new friends - a local Indian boy and a girl whose family helps runaway slaves - she makes choices to prove to herself and others that words and poems are meaningless without action behind them.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1610670442
• ISBN13: 9781610670449
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Kane Miller Book Publishers
• Length: 375 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12