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    <body><![CDATA[I am still reading this excellent story of Aidan's transformation from boy to man. the story is grave but very engaging.<br/><br/>Set during the US westward expansion- post Donner party- <br/>The book open with Aidan and his sister Maddy so hungry in the windswept prairie that he is eating clay j...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38039884">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[When orphans Aiden and Maddy Lynch first meet trailrider Jefferson J. Jackson in the spring of 1865, they’re struggling to survive on their family’s drought-ravaged Kansas farm. So when Jackson offers an escape—a 2000-mile journey across the roughest country in the world—Aiden knows it’s their only choice.<br/><br/>They say there are a hundred ways to die on the Oregon Trail, and the long wagon journey is broken only by catastrophe: wolf attacks, rattlesnakes, deadly river crossings, Indians, and the looming threat of smallpox, “the devil’s paint.” Through it all, Aiden and Maddy and a hundred fellow travelers move forward with a growing hope, and the promise of a new life in the Washington Territory. But one question haunts them: who will survive the journey?<br/><br/>In an adventure-filled and historically accurate new novel, Victoria McKernan captures both the peril and the stunning beauty of the frontier West. <em>Shackleton’s Stowaway </em>(“Truly thrilling” according to <em>The Washington Post) </em>was Victoria McKernan’s first novel for young adults. She lives in Washington, D.C..]]>
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    <![CDATA[When orphans Aiden and Maddy Lynch first meet trailrider Jefferson J. Jackson in the spring of 1865, they’re struggling to survive on their family’s drought-ravaged Kansas farm. So when Jackson offers an escape—a 2000-mile journey across the roughest country in the world—Aiden knows it’s their only choice.<br/><br/>They say there are a hundred ways to die on the Oregon Trail, and the long wagon journey is broken only by catastrophe: wolf attacks, rattlesnakes, deadly river crossings, Indians, and the looming threat of smallpox, “the devil’s paint.” Through it all, Aiden and Maddy and a hundred fellow travelers move forward with a growing hope, and the promise of a new life in the Washington Territory. But one question haunts them: who will survive the journey?<br/><br/>In an adventure-filled and historically accurate new novel, Victoria McKernan captures both the peril and the stunning beauty of the frontier West. <em>Shackleton’s Stowaway </em>(“Truly thrilling” according to <em>The Washington Post) </em>was Victoria McKernan’s first novel for young adults. She lives in Washington, D.C..]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is great US historical fiction that deals with moving out west and ends in Seattle. It is pretty true to life in that terrible things happen, and not everyone has a heart of gold. It deal with issues of hunger, war, poverty, a little bit about immigration and a lot about all the shitty things=W...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81222969">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[When orphans Aiden and Maddy Lynch first meet trailrider Jefferson J. Jackson in the spring of 1865, they’re struggling to survive on their family’s drought-ravaged Kansas farm. So when Jackson offers an escape—a 2000-mile journey across the roughest country in the world—Aiden knows it’s their only choice.<br/><br/>They say there are a hundred ways to die on the Oregon Trail, and the long wagon journey is broken only by catastrophe: wolf attacks, rattlesnakes, deadly river crossings, Indians, and the looming threat of smallpox, “the devil’s paint.” Through it all, Aiden and Maddy and a hundred fellow travelers move forward with a growing hope, and the promise of a new life in the Washington Territory. But one question haunts them: who will survive the journey?<br/><br/>In an adventure-filled and historically accurate new novel, Victoria McKernan captures both the peril and the stunning beauty of the frontier West. <em>Shackleton’s Stowaway </em>(“Truly thrilling” according to <em>The Washington Post) </em>was Victoria McKernan’s first novel for young adults. She lives in Washington, D.C..]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting fast-paced adventure set in the American West. Aiden the son of Irish indentured servants makes his way west on a wagon train with his sister Maddie. The two meet all sorts of characters-miners, prostitutes, army men, cowboys, Native Americans, Trappers Most interesting is his emerging f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52437745">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[When orphans Aiden and Maddy Lynch first meet trailrider Jefferson J. Jackson in the spring of 1865, they’re struggling to survive on their family’s drought-ravaged Kansas farm. So when Jackson offers an escape—a 2000-mile journey across the roughest country in the world—Aiden knows it’s their only choice.<br/><br/>They say there are a hundred ways to die on the Oregon Trail, and the long wagon journey is broken only by catastrophe: wolf attacks, rattlesnakes, deadly river crossings, Indians, and the looming threat of smallpox, “the devil’s paint.” Through it all, Aiden and Maddy and a hundred fellow travelers move forward with a growing hope, and the promise of a new life in the Washington Territory. But one question haunts them: who will survive the journey?<br/><br/>In an adventure-filled and historically accurate new novel, Victoria McKernan captures both the peril and the stunning beauty of the frontier West. <em>Shackleton’s Stowaway </em>(“Truly thrilling” according to <em>The Washington Post) </em>was Victoria McKernan’s first novel for young adults. She lives in Washington, D.C..]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was well-written and the story flowed well.  It is a heartbreaking story of a teenage boy who loses his family, his land, his heart, and almost his sanity to the hardships of moving west and surviving in a time where nothing was easy.  At times, this story was so sad and raw that I could o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55784775">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[unflinching, almost brutal perspective of wagon train life; brings to life the old Oregon Trail game, in a sense, because these deaths are about characters we come to know.  Some very strong language and situations.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Ages 11+ (whores in camp, violence) <br/><br/>Oregon Trail, logging camp, Deadwood for teenies. ]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[When orphans Aiden and Maddy Lynch first meet trailrider Jefferson J. Jackson in the spring of 1865, they’re struggling to survive on their family’s drought-ravaged Kansas farm. So when Jackson offers an escape—a 2000-mile journey across the roughest country in the world—Aiden knows it’s their only choice.<br/><br/>They say there are a hundred ways to die on the Oregon Trail, and the long wagon journey is broken only by catastrophe: wolf attacks, rattlesnakes, deadly river crossings, Indians, and the looming threat of smallpox, “the devil’s paint.” Through it all, Aiden and Maddy and a hundred fellow travelers move forward with a growing hope, and the promise of a new life in the Washington Territory. But one question haunts them: who will survive the journey?<br/><br/>In an adventure-filled and historically accurate new novel, Victoria McKernan captures both the peril and the stunning beauty of the frontier West. <em>Shackleton’s Stowaway </em>(“Truly thrilling” according to <em>The Washington Post) </em>was Victoria McKernan’s first novel for young adults. She lives in Washington, D.C..]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really liked this story.  I have ordered her other book to read, Shackleton's Stowaway.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[When orphans Aiden and Maddy Lynch first meet trailrider Jefferson J. Jackson in the spring of 1865, they’re struggling to survive on their family’s drought-ravaged Kansas farm. So when Jackson offers an escape—a 2000-mile journey across the roughest country in the world—Aiden knows it’s their only choice.<br/><br/>They say there are a hundred ways to die on the Oregon Trail, and the long wagon journey is broken only by catastrophe: wolf attacks, rattlesnakes, deadly river crossings, Indians, and the looming threat of smallpox, “the devil’s paint.” Through it all, Aiden and Maddy and a hundred fellow travelers move forward with a growing hope, and the promise of a new life in the Washington Territory. But one question haunts them: who will survive the journey?<br/><br/>In an adventure-filled and historically accurate new novel, Victoria McKernan captures both the peril and the stunning beauty of the frontier West. <em>Shackleton’s Stowaway </em>(“Truly thrilling” according to <em>The Washington Post) </em>was Victoria McKernan’s first novel for young adults. She lives in Washington, D.C..]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[stark, violent, and poetic.  one of the best YA books i've read in a long time, and i'm willing to say the devil's paintbox will be one of the best YA novels of 2009.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[What a Fearless young hero. Really enjoyable and exciting story.]]></body>
    
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