Crossing the Sierra Nevada by stagecoach in 1868, Judith Adams has illusions of a romantic Wild West, but she soon finds out that in the real West life is not the same as in the dime-novels Westerns she loves to read...
This story takes place in December, near Christmas day, in Ottawa, Canada. Emily, 17, has just completed her babysitting course. She also recently got her driver's license. Her dad, the chief of police for Ottawa, has reluctantly allowed his daugh...