Border Ransom (Chaparral Book for Young Readers) - Tapa blanda

Carr, Pat

 
9780875653327: Border Ransom (Chaparral Book for Young Readers)
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ISBN 10: 0875653324 ISBN 13: 9780875653327
Editorial: Texas Christian University Press, 2006

Sinopsis

In August 1914, recently orphaned Cooper Harrison arrives in El Paso to live with grandparents she's never met. The minute the fifteen-year-old steps off the train, everything seems wrong. The heat is stifling, her grandfather Luther is cold and appraising and, worse, doesn't even mention the recent loss of both parents. Her grandmother, Angelica, is remote and child-like and wears only black and diamonds. When Cooper asked to come live with her grandparents, she wanted to help in the family antique business and soon shows her aptitude for the field. But, she discovers that Luther not only runs a shady concern but also profits from the Mexican Revolution smuggling arms across the border. Luther leaves for Mexico with a wagonload of bullets hidden in sacks of corn and is kidnapped by Pancho Villa's men. Cooper realizes she's the only one to carry the ransom to Villa's camp. She meets a Hollywood actor and cameraman - in El Paso to film Villa's life - and convinces them to join her in the attempt to rescue her grandfather. The ensuing adventure takes the reader on wild ride deep into the Mexican countryside.

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Acerca del autor

Pat Carr has taught English at Rice, Tulane, and the University of New Orleans. She is the author of five novels, three nonfiction titles, and four book-length she story collections. She lives in Elkins, Arkansas.

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Editorial
Texas Christian University Press
Año de publicación
2006
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0875653324
ISBN 13 
9780875653327
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
178
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