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Buffalo Gal
by
Bill Wallace
It's her mother's crazy idea: a trip to Texas to save the buffalo. Amanda Guthridge just wants to ride horses with her boyfriend Philip and plan her coming-out party. But suddenly they're facing alligators, rattlesnakes, and stampeding buffalo on the Texas-Oklahoma frontier with David Talltree, the half-Comanche cowboy who thinks she can't even ride!
So she challenges him t...more
So she challenges him t...more
Paperback, 192 pages
Published
August 1st 1993
by Aladdin Paperbacks
(first published 1992)
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Buffalo Gal was one of my favorite books when I was young. So when I recently discovered it on my bookshelf, I had to see if it was as good as I remembered. Happily, I wasn't disappointed!
Set in 1904, this delightful adventure opens with fifteen-year-old Amanda bemoaning how her summer has begun. She's stuck with her mother in the wild Texas frontier looking for some buffalo! Author Bill Wallace creates a strong female lead, a teenager who...more
Overall Review:
Buffalo Gal was one of my favorite books when I was young. So when I recently discovered it on my bookshelf, I had to see if it was as good as I remembered. Happily, I wasn't disappointed!
Set in 1904, this delightful adventure opens with fifteen-year-old Amanda bemoaning how her summer has begun. She's stuck with her mother in the wild Texas frontier looking for some buffalo! Author Bill Wallace creates a strong female lead, a teenager who...more
gosh where to start, this book was in my school library and im a literal reading bug, my librarian (although shes quite found of me i think) used to have to restrict me for reading during exam times on the account of my parents and teacher they used to say "it's agreat hobby shania but u hav to draw the line SOMEwhere". this book however just deepened my love for reading i read it when i was 12 the first time and read it 3 times over consecutively so much so that my librarian thought id lost it...more
Loved this book when I was growing up! I think I got it at one of those Scholastic book fairs and just read it over and over. Part of the appeal was the main character had the same name as me. It was a light,funny, historical romance for young adults.
Amanda, A spoiled, teenage girl goes on a trip to Texas with her mother to help save a herd of buffalo. Along the way she encounters a half Indian boy named David. He is around her age and thinks she's pretty much a waste of space and should just go...more
Amanda, A spoiled, teenage girl goes on a trip to Texas with her mother to help save a herd of buffalo. Along the way she encounters a half Indian boy named David. He is around her age and thinks she's pretty much a waste of space and should just go...more
Gosh I love this site. I read this eons ago, over, and over, and over again. It is Great!!! Its a ligth romance with tons of adventure and nice look into life years ago. Young girls will definitely appreciate it. Its acceptable while still giving that amazing high that nice romances give only for a young audience. Very light and young historical romance and adventure.
This is such a great western, romance novel for Young Girls. I remember picking this up as a young girl at the school library, the cover brings so back memories. Also, didn't know he wrote the Christmas Spurs....A book I very much recommend! Bill Wallace is a very talented author.
One of my favorite books when I was younger. I think I first read it in the fourth grade, which might be a little young, considering some of the content. However, since I was reading at at twelfth grade level and had a nurse for a mother, it was okay for me.
This was totally one of my favorite books growing up. I re-read it constantly, my copy is worn down. It's funny, because if I hadn't read it when I was young, I probably wouldn't pick it up today based on the storyline. But it is totally a great book for younger gals!
I love this book! what an inspireing read about life in a different time with a dash of young love and romance. Not much more i could ask for. Danger, exploration, humor, love, this one has it all.
I loved this book when I was in middle school. I would check it out all the time and read it over and over again. It's definitely a book that I would recommend for the preteen age group.
One of my favorite books of all time! How do I know? Because it's one of the most worn-out, most re-read books on my bookshelf!
So light, heart-warming and entertaining!
So light, heart-warming and entertaining!
A thoroughly enjoyable read with realistic characters. It lost a star for mild sexuality while the author continued to use "bottom" instead of butt (ie. she slid along her bottom).
I have loved this book since middle school! I even bought another copy because my first one was getting a little ragged.
I loved how clean this romance is. It's great for all ages, with believable characters and an interesting story behind it.
One of my favorite books from childhood, in fact just read it the other day and still loved it, so a favorite of adulthood also!
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such a cute book! i very much enjoyed reading this book! its also nice that i own a copy with the authors signature!
Read this years ago and found it last night in a box of books. Still one of my favorites.
Loved this book back in middle school! I would check it out over and over.
This was kinda like a romance novel... but for younger girls.
This was probably one of, if not the, favorite book of my childhood.
well in my opinion i think it was great.
An awesome romantic comedy! My all time favorite!
A childhood favorite...(=
I absolutely adored this book when I was 12!! My copy is so dog eared and folded back, from years of rereading. I loved Amanda and how she totally showed up David when he thought she couldn't do anything. My twelve year old self wanted so badly to be as cool as Amanda. Plus to have her adventures and a sweet guy to come and save her when she truly needed it. I am blinded by years of rereading this when I was younger, to not see anything wrong with this book. Its a fun, light read. I recommend!
I got this book for free at a book fair, and I am heartbroken that I can't find it now, because I read it to TATTERS. I think this was one of few Wallace books to have a female main character - or at least one I could relate to.
I remember loving the historical fiction aspect, and the girly girl to tomboy transition. Actually, now that I think about it, this reads a lot like Avi's Charlotte Doyle...
I remember loving the historical fiction aspect, and the girly girl to tomboy transition. Actually, now that I think about it, this reads a lot like Avi's Charlotte Doyle...
My favorite book as a teen. I've read this book over a dozen times...even in my college years I enjoy it! Historical fiction, set in Texas, with the young spunky girl having the adventure of her life and then falling for the guy she can't stand. All the ingredients of a classic and clean romantic epic! *sigh*!! This one still makes me smile! :)
This was such a funny book. Even though it's very western, I thought Bill Wallace's way of telling her story was unique. Ha, she wore jeans for the first time and forgot her toothbrush and her mouth hurt from smiling...great. She almost beat David Talltree and her mother really was listening.
This is another great teen - reader that I loved! I read it a LONG time ago, so if you take my recommendation, know I am remembering how much I liked it in high school. :) I'll have to read it again. I remember it being really cute, though.
This is another book that I wore out when I was younger. A little adventure, a little romance, and the wild west- what more can a girl ask for?
Sucker that I am...I read this book ALL the time! It's just so much fun to read! And I want to learn to shoot and throw knives like they do!
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Former elementary school teacher; West Elementary School, Chickasha, OK, principal, since 1977, and physical education teacher. Speaker at schools and universities in various states, including State University of New York and University of South Florida.
AWARDS:
Bluebonnet Award from Texas Association of School Librarians and Children's Round Table and Sequoyah Children's Book Award from Oklahoma St...more
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Bluebonnet Award from Texas Association of School Librarians and Children's Round Table and Sequoyah Children's Book Award from Oklahoma St...more
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