
The lives of eleven-year-old Emmie Hynes and her twelve-year-old brother, Conrad are changed forever when a tragic mining accident kills their beloved Papa. Forced to bid a numb farewell to their home and friends in Butte, Montana, they move into a dilapidated boarding house in a small town across the mountains. When Mama finally gets the boarding house, shined up and running smoothly, and Emmie a...
Paperback: 159 pages
Publisher: Raven Pub (August 4, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1937849031
ISBN-13: 978-1937849030
Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.3 x 7.5 inches
Amazon Rank: 2154006
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It was written for the middle school crowd...and I think that I read that in one of the reviews. Why didn't I listen? As an adult that wanted to know more about lives of children in Butte, MT - this was not the right book for me. But this is the o...
re beginning make friends, have adventures, and fit into their new community, a financial crisis threatens them with homelessness. Join Emmie and Conrad in the tumultuous world flavored with political intrigue, the fight for women s suffrage, dangerous mining practices, and labor conflicts in 1914.