Rescue in Poverty Gulch

By Nancy Oswald

Book Overview

Eleven-year-old Ruby is in a pickle. After years of traveling the mountains and hills of Colorado with her Pa and their donkey, Maude, Pa decides to settle down in the booming gold-mining town of Cripple Creek.

Worse than that, Pa decides it's time for Ruby to learn something about being a lady. Vinegar and baking soda don't mix. Ruby faces the prospects of having to wear a corset, learning the art of elocution, and the possibility of having the school headmistress for a mother.

Events lead Ruby into the midst of the 1896 Cripple Creek fire and culminate with the kidnapping and rescue of Maude from the clutches of a local scoundrel.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865411093
• ISBN13: 9780865411098
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Filter Press
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 7 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 7