West Against the Wind

by Liza Ketchum and Liza Ketchum Murrow

Book Overview

Fourteen-year-old Abby seeks both her father and the secret of a handsome but mysterious boy during an arduous journey by wagon train from the middle of the country to the Pacific coast in 1850. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823406687
• ISBN13: 9780823406685
• Release Date: October 1987
• Publisher: Holiday House
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

The Adventure From Independence to Yuba City; Love Story

This is an excellent book. You won't want to put it down. Fourteen-year-old Abigail Parker and her family set out on the adventurous trek towards Yuba City to find her loving father and join him in the west. Mr. Parker has caught the "gold fever" but finds California to be a wonderful place and invites his family to come join him. In the middle of a foggy night, Abby was up by herself only to turn around to a charming young man, Mathew Reed. He explains little but soon is welcomed into the wagon train to travel with the Parkers. As Abby gets to know Mathew better, she discovers that there was something very mysterious about him. Why does he keep disappearing? What is he hiding? I found myself wanting to find out the secret Mathew was hiding just as much as Abby. This risky journey changed Abby for the better. She grows up at an incredible speed in a matter of six months in an endless prairie, burning desert, and the snowy, almost impossible to pass, Sierra Mountains. Will they survive? Will they defeat the wilderness? If you like adventurous love stories, this is a great book for you!

One of the best books ever!

This book made me feel as if I were walking along the wagon train with Abby and Matt. It's an adventure that you will want to read over and over again! Not only is it a great love story but it also describes the hard times of the gold rush. This book is very romantic and original and I would recommend it to anyone!

One of the best American tales I've ever read!!

West Against the Wind is one of my favorite books ever. I love the main character, Abby Parker, and the author's descriptions of other charaters are great! This book is a superb action-romance that I'd recommend to anyone. The story has such a fast pace I couldn't put it down. I must have read it at least 15 times!

WOW!!!

This book, about a girl and her family that cross the west, is one of the best books that I have ever read. She meets up with this boy, and they soon become involved. Through all the hardships, they almost all manage to survive, and arrive in California safe and sound. If you love romance, and adventure, you will love this book!

love,lose, and Wild west

I loved this book it was awsome. The story was one of my favorites.