Under a painted sky
About this book
A powerful story of friendship and sacrifice, for fans of Code Name Verity Missouri, 1849: Samantha dreams of moving back to New York to be a professional musician not an easy thing if you re a girl, and harder still if you re Chinese. But a tragic accident dashes any hopes of fulfilling her dream, and instead, leaves her fearing for her life. With the help of a runaway slave named Annamae, Samantha flees town for the unknown frontier. But life on the Oregon Trail is unsafe for two girls, so they disguise themselves as Sammy and Andy, two boys headed for the California gold rush. Sammy and Andy forge a powerful bond as they each search for a link to their past, and struggle to avoid any unwanted attention. But when they cross paths with a band of cowboys, the light-hearted troupe turn out to be unexpected allies. With the law closing in on them and new setbacks coming each day, the girls quickly learn that there are not many places to hide on the open trail.
Subjects
- 19th century
- action & adventure
- adventure and adventurers
- adventure and adventurers, fiction
- adventure fiction
- african americans
- african americans, fiction
- african american teenagers
- asian american
- children's fiction
- chinese americans
- chinese americans, fiction
- chinese american teenagers
- cowboys
- fiction
- frontier and pioneer life
- fugitive slaves
- gender role
- gold discoveries
- gold mines and mining
- historical
- historical fiction
- history
- impersonation
- juvenile fiction
- oregon national historic trail, fiction
- people & places
- runaway children
- runaways
- runaways, fiction
- runaway teenagers
- sex role
- sex role, fiction
- slavery
- slavery, fiction
- west (u.s.), fiction
- young adult fiction