David's search
After eleven-year-old orphan-train rider David Howard settles with a strict Texas farm family, his best friend, an ex-slave, is threatened by the growing presence of the Ku-Klux Klan.
Main Author: | Nixon, Joan Lowery. |
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Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York :
Delacorte Press,
c1998.
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Series: |
Orphan Train Children ;
#04 |
Subjects: |
Summary: |
After eleven-year-old orphan-train rider David Howard settles with a strict Texas farm family, his best friend, an ex-slave, is threatened by the growing presence of the Ku-Klux Klan. |
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Physical Description: |
127 p., map : ill. ; 19 cm. |
Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (p.127). |
ISBN: |
0385322968 |
Author Notes: |
She has written over 100 mystery books for young adults. She is known for her Orphan Train Adventure Series and other titles including A Family Apart, The Seance and Other Side of the Dark. Her works have earned her the honor of being the only writer to win four Edgar Allen Poe awards and in addition, two Spurs from Western Writers of America. She was a past President of the Mystery Writers of America. She died from complications of pancreatic cancer on June 28, 2003, in Houston, Texas. She was 76. (Bowker Author Biography) |