Wait for Me, Watch for Me, Eula Bee - Softcover

Beatty, Patricia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0688100775 ISBN 13: 9780688100773

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1990

Synopsis

The heart-pounding story of a Texan boy's transformation to a Comanche brave and back again.

With Pa off fighting in the Civil War, Lewallen Collier and his little sister are captured in a bloody Comanche raid. Admiring Lewallen's courage, the Indians give him the name Sings His War Song and try to teach him the ways of a young brave. But Lewtie dreams only of escape -- and of the day he can return to rescue little Eula Bee.

About this title

About the Author:

Patricia Beatty was born in Portland, Oregon, and was a longtime resident of southern California. After graduating from college, she taught high school English and history, and later held various positions as a science and technical librarian and also as a children's librarian. She taught Writing Fiction for Children at several branches of the University of California.

Patricia Beatty is the author of many popular and award-winning children's books, including such NCSS Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies as Eight Mules from Monterey; Behave Yourself, Bethany Brant; Turn Homeward, Hannalee; Be Ever Hopeful, Hannalee; and Jayhawker. Her novel Lupita Mañana is a Jane Addams Children's Book Award honor book, and Charley Skedaddle won the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction.

From Publishers Weekly:

Captured by the Comanches while his father is off fighting the Civil War, 13-year-old Lewallen Collier plots to escape and rescue his little sister. Ages 10-up.
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About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0688100775
• ISBN 13: 9780688100773
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224
• Illustrator: Duffy Daniel Mark