Rescue in Poverty Gulch

by Nancy Oswald

Overview

Eleven-year-old Ruby is in a pickle. After years of traveling the mountains and hills of Colorado with her Pa and their donkey, Maude, Pa decides to settle down in the booming gold-mining town of Cripple Creek.

Worse than that, Pa decides it's time for Ruby to learn something about being a lady. Vinegar and baking soda don't mix. Ruby faces the prospects of having to wear a corset, learning the art of elocution, and the possibility of having the school headmistress for a mother.

Events lead Ruby into the midst of the 1896 Cripple Creek fire and culminate with the kidnapping and rescue of Maude from the clutches of a local scoundrel.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780865411098
Publisher:	Filter Press
Publication date:	11/15/2011
Series:	Ruby and Maude Series , #1
Pages:	194
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Award winning author, Nancy Oswald, has a passion for children's book writing. While she mainly writes historical fiction, she has published pieces in a variety of genres, including non fiction, personal interest, children's plays, poetry, and educational research. Oswald grew up in Denver, CO, but she spent her adult years in rural Colorado and the outback of British Columbia. There, she taught in a one- and a two-room school. Nancy taught for more than 20 years in rural Colorado before her retirement. Now, she lives with her husband on a family ranch near Cotopaxi, CO. She helps look after the family's dogs, cats, cows, chickens, and Daisy the donkey. Daisy is a model for the fictional character, Maude Oliver, in the "Ruby and Maude Adventures." Maude has a Facebook page that you can visit and give a like! Her children's books have won multiple awards.