About this item
Experience life on the prairie - with one fantastical twist!Louisa Brody's life on the Colorado prairie is not at all what she expected. Her dear Pa, accused of thievery, is locked thirty miles away in jail. She's living with the awful Smirches, her closest neighbors and the very family that accused her Pa of the horrendous crime. And now she's discovered one very cantankerous - and magical - secret beneath the hazel grove. With her life flipped upside-down, it's up to Louisa, her sassy friend Jessamine, and that cranky secret to save Pa from a guilty verdict. Ten bold illustrations from Erwin Madrid accompany seasoned storyteller Melissa Wiley's vibrant and enchanting tale of life on the prairie - with one magical twist.
About the Author
Melissa Wiley is the author of The Nerviest Girl in the World, The Prairie Thief (both Junior Library Guild Selections) , Fox and Crow Are Not Friends, and the Inch and Roly series, as well as Little House in the Highlands and seven other novels about the ancestors of Laura Ingalls Wilder. Melissa blogs about books, kids, and creativity at Here in the Bonny Glen (melissawiley.com/blog) . She is @melissawiley on Twitter and @melissawileybooks on Instagram.
