The Tragically True Adventures of Kit Donovan

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Albert Whitman

Annotation: In a Nevada mining town in 1905, thirteen-year-old Kit uses the life skills learned from reading "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" on her quest to reveal the unfair practices at the local mine, go undercover as a boy at the local newspaper, and survive the how-to-be-a-proper-lady lessons at school and home.

Genre: [Historical fiction] [Adventure fiction] [Mystery fiction]

Reviews: 0

Catalog Number: #140780

Format: Publisher's Hardcover

Publisher: Albert Whitman

Edition Date: 2017 Release Date: 03/14/17

Pages: 295 pages

ISBN: 0-8075-8143-7

ISBN 13: 978-0-8075-8143-8

Dewey: Fic

LCCN: 2017011109

Dimensions: 21 cm.

Subject Heading:
Sex role. Fiction.
Gold mines and mining. Fiction.
Friendship. Fiction.
Orphans. Fiction.
Nevada. History. 20th century. Fiction.

Language: English

Word Count: 81,594

Reading Level: 4.8

Interest Level: 3-6

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 4.8 / points: 12.0 / quiz: 189764 / grade: Middle Grades

Guided Reading Level: W

2018 Oregon Book Award WinnerEloise Jarvis McGraw Award for Children's Literature
2018 WILLA Literary Award WinnerChildren's/Young Adult Fiction and Nonfiction Category

A plucky heroine's search for justice in the lawless West.

Life in a Nevada mining town in 1905 is not easy for thirteen-year-old Kit Donovan, who is trying to do right by her deceased mother and become a proper lady. When Kit discovers Papa's boss at the gold mine is profiting from unsafe working conditions, she realizes being a lady is tougher than it looks. With a man's hat and a printing press, Kit puts her big mouth and all the life skills she's learned from reading The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to work, defying threats of violence, and finds that justice doesnt always look like she imagined it would.

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