Grasslands

by Debra Seely

Book Overview

Thirteen-year-old Thomas Hunter has always longed to taste the freedom of life on the Western range, away from the stuffy home and watchful eyes of his well-to-do grandparents in Virginia. So when a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082341731X
• ISBN13: 9780823417315
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Holiday House
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9

Customer Reviews

Great Historically-Accurate Prairie Adventure for Kids

This book shows the real west from a kids point of view. The good, the bad, and the ugly all mixed in with the sensitivity of an author who has roots in the area. I enjoyed the book tremendously and it revealed many new aspects of the prairie life that CLint Eastwood movies failed to mention. Its a refreshingly frank view of the real hardships on the prairie that gives me even more respect for the grit and determination of the early settlers.It was clearly well researched and fact based. More importantly, since its targeted to kids - I gave this book to my nieces and nephews as a Christmas gift. They couldn't put it down and were asking for 'the rest of the story' which Ms Seely provides in Last of the Roundup Boys.