The prairie thief

In late nineteenth-century Colorado, Louisa's father is erroneously arrested for thievery and, while under the charge of the awful Smirch family, Louisa and a magical friend must find a way to prove his innocence.

Main Author: Wiley, Melissa.
Other Authors: Madrid, Erwin (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, c2012.
Edition: 1st ed.
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Summary: In late nineteenth-century Colorado, Louisa's father is erroneously arrested for thievery and, while under the charge of the awful Smirch family, Louisa and a magical friend must find a way to prove his innocence.
Physical Description: 215 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Audience: 008-012.
ISBN: 9781442440562 (hbk.)
1442440562 (hbk.)
9781442440579 (pbk.)
1442440570 (pbk.)
9781442440586 (electronic)
1442440589 (electronic)
Author Notes: Melissa Wiley is the author of the Inch and Roly series and other books for children, including The Prairie Thief and two series of novels about the ancestors of Laura Ingalls Wilder. She lives in San Diego with her comic-book-writing husband, a half dozen kids, and about 3,000 books. She blogs about her family's reading life at Here in the Bonny Glen: MelissaWiley.com/blog .

Erwin Madrid is a children's book illustrator based in San Francisco, where he earned his BFA at the Academy of Art College. He has worked for PDI/Dreamworks Animation on films like Shrek 2 and the Madagascar sequels. He has also done concept art for the gaming industry for titles like Uncharted: Drake's Fortune . In his spare time, Erwin travels and goes plein air painting.