Synopses & Reviews
Some men aren't meant for safe pastures.Home cooking, a warm bed, family -- all these things Tyler's father, Black Jack Bohannon, gave up for an unknown destiny. Now, at fourteen, Tyler is following in his father's footsteps. He's leaving his comfortable home in Sweet Creek, Missouri, for the frontier of the unsettled West.
Luckily he's not going alone. Isaac Peerce, Tyler's best friend and a newly freed slave, is going with him. Both boys are looking for adventure and new beginnings.
But the frontier is an unforgiving place, and one mistake lands the boys in a heap of trouble. And just when they need each other the most, their friendship is tested. They must find a way to work together, or Tyler and Isaac could become two more victims of the rugged American West.
Review
Voice of Youth AdvocatesThis action-packed page-turner will be difficult for boys and girls to put down.
Review
Horn Book
This sequel to Bigger and Sooner moves swiftly and is thought provoking.
Review
BooklistCalvert provides intriguing details about life on the frontier in 1867, seamlessly weaving them into a fast-paced plot laced with danger.
Synopsis
"This action-paced page-turner, last in a trilogy with "Bigger" and "Sooner," will be difficult to put down."--VOYA.
About the Author
Patricia Calvert was born in Great Falls, Montana, and now lives in Minnesota. She is the author of
The Snowbird and
Yesterday's Daughter, both named to ALA's Best Books for Young Adults list. About her books she says: "We are all emigrants from the same country -- the land of childhood. What I hope to write about is the journey all of us have taken -- or are in the process of taking -- from that special place."