By the Great Horn Spoon!
Format: kindle
ASIN: B001IZC3RE
Pages no: 193
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Adventure,
Humor,
Academic,
School,
Read For School,
Juvenile,
Historical Fiction,
Fiction,
Historical
The nine-year-old liked this one when she read it for school. A friend who is a children's librarian told me it's boring. I agree with the librarian. I tried this one earlier in the year and gave up after about seven pages. I managed it this time by skimming every time I thought about quitting. I...
A very fun historical fiction read -perhaps the most fun one that we've read all year. This tells the story of young Jack and his faithful and unflappable butler, Praiseworthy, as they set off in hopes of striking it rich in the 1849 California gold rush. A large portion of the story is taken up w...