I'm not quite sure how to describe Walking Up a Rainbow. The language used is somewhat rough...seemed apparent to me that it was a male author. I thought it did a great job with many historical details. In fact, there were many times I was tempted to look up additional information on many of the details within the story. Susan's parents both die in an accident, and she is left on her own.
Susan discovers that her father owed a huge debt to the town villain. She finds a letter in her father's office describing his intention to hire a herder to herd their sheep to California to feed the gold miners. The goal was to raise enough money to pay off his debt. Unfortunately, he died before he could do it. Susan decided to carry out her father's plans and hired a herder and his workers to help her get the sheep to California. Many misadventures happen along the way keeping the story interesting.
Topics: sheep drive, Isthmus of Panama, debt, orphan, cowboy, sheep herders, life on the trail West, hardships, survival, medicine/doctoring
Genre: historical fiction
Audience: 8th grade
Mrs. Beckwith's Rating: 3 of 5 (not sure if it'd have wide kid appeal, but for the right reader, I think they'd enjoy it...just have to get in the rhythm of the writing style and voice.)
Sensitive areas: attempted rape, language, death
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