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Secrets in the hills a Josefina mystery

In 1826, strange occurrences on eleven-year-old Josefina's New Mexican "rancho" lead the young healer to wonder if old legends of lost treasure and the wandering ghost called La Llorona may be true. Includes a Spanish glossary and historical background information.

Main Author: Ernst, Kathleen, 1959-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Middleton, WI : Pleasant Co., 2006.
Series: American Girl Mysteries
Subjects:
Mexican Americans > Juvenile fiction.
New Mexico > History > To 1848 > Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction > Juvenile.
Mystery fiction > Juvenile.
Summary: In 1826, strange occurrences on eleven-year-old Josefina's New Mexican "rancho" lead the young healer to wonder if old legends of lost treasure and the wandering ghost called La Llorona may be true. Includes a Spanish glossary and historical background information.
Item Description: "American Girl."
Physical Description: 183 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 18 cm.
ISBN: 1593690983 (hc.)
9781593690984 (hc.)
1593690975
Author Notes: Kathleen Ernst received a degree in forestry from West Virginia University. Before becoming a full time writer in 2004, she worked at an outdoor living history museum called Old World Wisconsin for 12 years and as a television writer. Her first published historical fiction novels were The Night Riders of Harpers Ferry and The Bravest Girl in Sharpsburg. She has also written numerous American Girl novels including 6 books about Caroline Abbott published in 2012. Her other works include Hearts of Stone, the Chloe Ellefson Mystery series, and the nonfiction book Too Afraid to Cry: Maryland Civilians in the Antietam Campaign.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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