
"I looked around warily, just as the boy had done. The dock was deserted. Suddenly, a shot rang out beside me! I jumped away from it so hard, I nearly tumbled into the water. Nobody was there. A sudden gust of wind had caught a loose canvas and snapped it against a mast. A shiver...

"I looked around warily, just as the boy had done. The dock was deserted. Suddenly, a shot rang out beside me! I jumped away from it so hard, I nearly tumbled into the water. Nobody was there. A sudden gust of wind had caught a loose canvas and snapped it against a mast. A shiver...

It's 1858, and Charlee LeBeau isn't your typical girl. She's worked as a hired hand ever since her Papa took the foreman's job on the Miller ranch in Sonoma, California. Thanks to her best friend Jake, the boss's son, she's learned as much as any boy. She's got big ideas...