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McArthur, Debra

A Voice for Kanzas

375 pp. | Kane/Miller | March, 2012 | Trade ISBN 978-1-61067-044-9 $15.99
(3) 4-6 Thirteen-year-old Lucy Thomkins reluctantly travels to Kansas Territory with her family in 1855. Her parents dream of a new life in a free state, while Border Ruffians from Missouri force their slavery agenda on the settlers. Lucy turns to poetry to express her disappointments, befriends a girl whose parents help runaway slaves, and comes to love her new, free home in this well-written historical novel.
Reviewer: Juliet S. King

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