Willow Creek Home (Texas Trilogy) - Softcover

Shefelman, Janice

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0890156379 ISBN 13: 9780890156377

Publisher: Eakin Press, 1985

Synopsis

A summer of drought and epidemic illness in 1847 forces Mina, Papa, and his new wife, Lisette, to move on from Fredericksburg, Texas, to a larger land grant deep in Comanche territory. This is the sequel to Janice Jordan Shefelman's "A Paradise Called Texas," and the second book in her popular early Texas trilogy. Illustrated by Tom, Karl & Dan Shefelman.

About this title

From School Library Journal

Grade 4-6 Finding hardships in their first Texas homestead, 12-year-old Mina, her father and his new wife move on to more promising land. They settle, with other German immigrants, in an area where more fertile land is available. A new baby brother arrives, and when Mina's father is away getting supplies, Mina chases off a Comanche with a shotgun blast. Mina's new school, her friendship with a handsome neighbor boy and her escape from a Comanche kidnapper make an adventure story that will hold readers' interest. Written in a straightforward style, this pioneer adventure moves along quickly. A smattering of German is used, and the Jordans' German heritage is smoothly blended into the story. Full-page pencil drawings and small ink sketches are appropriate to the story but uneven in quality. Like A Paradise Called Texas (Eakin Pr, 1983), this is based on Shefelman's ancestors' immigration to Texas in the 1840s. It will ably fill requests for historical fiction. Nancy Kewish, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Cleveland
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Eakin Press
• Publication date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0890156379
• ISBN 13: 9780890156377
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Shefelman Tom, Shefelman Dan
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 106