Adaline's father has left her with his relatives while he guides an expedition over the Rocky Mountains. Unfortunately, he neglected to tell them that his daughter is half Arapaho Indian - to them nothing but a savage, fit only to work as a slave. When her father doesn't come back to claim her, Adaline can stand their cruelty no longer, and she sets off up the Mississippi to find him herself. A gripping story for 9-12 year olds.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is part of a book series called Scholastic Signature .

There are 176 pages in this book. This book was published in 2001 by Scholastic .

Mary Pope Osborne is the author of over forty books for young people. She was the president of the Author's Guild, the leading organization for professional writers in the US, for two years and has won many awards for her books. She lives in New York with her husband, Will, and their dog, Bailey, who sleeps on top of Mary's desk every day while she writes.