Silver Dollar Girl

by Katherine Ayres

Book Overview

Set in the 1880s, Valentine Harper heads West to the Colorado Silver Rush to find her father in this fast-paced adventure! Valentine Harper's father has been in Colorado for more than a year seeking... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385327633
• ISBN13: 9780385327633
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
• Length: 195 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.6" x 0.8" x 5.9"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Great historical fiction

This is just a great adventure, especially for girls who are not "girly girls," as my daughter says. My daughter is 9 and loved this book. We both learned more about the time period and the Silver Rush, but the information was blended seamlessly with the story.

A girl's adventures during the silver rush.

Ever since her father headed west to mine for silver in Colorado, motherless twelve-year-old Valentine "Vallie" Harper has lived with her relatives in Pennsylvania. Her aunt is sympathetic, but her uncle resents her and her cousin plays mean pranks on her. Disguising herself as a boy and taking the money her father left for her, Vallie sets out for Colorado with the intention of finding her father. But many obstacles stand in her way, and it will take all her courage and determination to complete the journey and begin the long search for her father. I highly reccomend this novel to fans of historical fiction.