The Gambler's Daughter

by Shirlee Smith Matheson

Short-listed for the 1997 Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice

On the run from the authorities and the angry townspeople of Weasel City, British Columbia, in the early 1940s, teenage Loretta and her younger brother, Teddy, travel with their gambling stepfather, "Bean-Trap" Braden, as he strikes out in search of a good poker game in the Canadian and American West.

Loretta and Teddy try to adjust to life on the run as they...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1550027182
• ISBN13: 9781550027181
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Dundurn Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 12 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 10