A completely delightful and very often funny book. There are unsavory sections; they do not make the book sad. The main character is Haidie Richards, a hard scrabble and, by her account, great liar, fourteen year old. She and her younger brother are put in an orphanage by her older, money grubbing, gambling brother when their mother dies. Haidie believes that her father, who left them to work mines in Colorado, is alive and deeply missing them. Haidie concocts a plan to get herself and her brother free from the orphanage and their adventure across the plains begins. Haidie is a character and so very enjoyable to read. It is her telling the story that creates a memorable novel.
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