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Searching for Silverheels
Contributor(s): Mobley, Jeannie (Author)

ISBN: 1481400290 ISBN-13: 9781481400299
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books

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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2014

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical - Military & Wars
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - New Experience

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 2013033485

Age Level: 10-13

Grade Level: 5-8

Lexile Measure: 800(Not Available)

Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.7" W x 8.3" L (0.85 lbs) 304 pages

Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1900-1919
- Geographic Orientation - Colorado
- Sex & Gender - Girl's Interest

Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian

Awards: WILLA Literary Award, Winner, Children/Young Adult, 2015
Colorado Book Award, Winner, Juvenile Literature, 2015

Review Citations: School Library Journal 07/01/2014 pg. 91
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2014
Booklist 10/01/2014 pg. 85

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 174385
Reading Level: 5.4 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 11.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
A girl's search for the truth about a legendary woman teaches her a lot about what bravery and loyalty really mean in this gorgeous novel from the author of Katerina's Wish.

In her small Colorado town Pearl spends the summers helping her mother run the family caf and entertaining tourists with the legend of Silverheels, a beautiful dancer who nursed miners through a smallpox epidemic in 1861 and then mysteriously disappeared. According to lore, the miners loved her so much they named their mountain after her.

Pearl believes the tale is true, but she is mocked by her neighbor, Josie, a suffragette campaigning for women's right to vote. Josie says that Silverheels was a crook, not a savior, and she challenges Pearl to a bet: prove that Silverheels was the kindhearted angel of legend, or help Josie pass out the suffragist pamphlets that Pearl thinks drive away the tourists. Not to mention driving away handsome George Crawford.

As Pearl looks for the truth, darker forces are at work in her small town. The United States's entry into World War I casts suspicion on German immigrants, and also on anyone who criticizes the president during wartime--including Josie. How do you choose what's right when it could cost you everything you have?

Contributor Bio(s): Mobley, Jeannie: - Jeannie Mobley is an archaeologist and professor who lives in Colorado. Her first novel, Katerina's Wish, received three starred reviews, won the Colorado Book Award, and was a New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing selection. She is also the author of Searching for Silverheels, which received a starred review. Visit her at JeannieMobley.com.

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