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All the stars in the sky the Santa Fe trail diary of Florrie Mack Ryder, 1848

A girl's diary records the year 1848 during which she, her brother, mother, and stepfather traveled the Santa Fe trail from Independence, Missouri, to Santa Fe.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	McDonald, Megan
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Scholastic, 2003.
Edition:	1st ed.
Series:	Dear America
Subjects:	Frontier and pioneer life > Southwest, New > Juvenile fiction. Overland journeys to the Pacific > Juvenile fiction. Pioneers > Juvenile fiction. Diaries > Juvenile fiction. Santa Fe National Historic Trail > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	A girl's diary records the year 1848 during which she, her brother, mother, and stepfather traveled the Santa Fe trail from Independence, Missouri, to Santa Fe.
Physical Description:	188 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.
ISBN:	0439169631
Author Notes:	Megan McDonald was born February 28, 1959, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She grew up in the 1960s the youngest of five girls - which later became the inspiration of the Sister's Club. She attended Oberlin College and received a B.A. in English, then she went on to receive a Library Science degree at Pittsburgh University in 1986. Before becoming a full-time writer, McDonald had a variety of jobs working in libraries, bookstores, museums, and even as a park ranger.She was children's librarian, working at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Minneapolis Public Library and Adams Memorial Library in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. She has received various awards for her storytelling including a Judy Blume Contemporary Fiction Award, a Children's Choice Book award, and a Keystone State Award among others. McDonald has also written many picture books for younger children and continues to write. Her most recent work was the "Julie Albright" series of books for the American public. She currently resides in Sebastopol, California with her husband and pets. (Bowker Author Biography)