High Trail to Danger

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Random House Children's Books, 1992 - Juvenile Fiction - 168 pages
In 1879, after her mother dies, Sarah heads to the lawless rugged Colorado frontier to try to find her father. She hopes he can save the family business from the clutches of her odious relatives, but she encounters great danger on the route to the mining town where she thinks he is. In this land of Indians, outlaws, gambling, and gunfire, how will she ever survive, much less succeed?

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High Trail to Danger
Joan Lowery Nixon
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About the author (1992)

Joan Lowery Nixon was born in Los Angeles, California. She attended the University of Southern California where she received a B.A. in journalism and later an education certificate from California State. She has written over 100 mystery books for young adults. She is known for her Orphan Train Adventure Series and other titles including A Family Apart, The Seance and Other Side of the Dark. Her works have earned her the honor of being the only writer to win four Edgar Allen Poe awards and in addition, two Spurs from Western Writers of America. She was a past President of the Mystery Writers of America. She died from complications of pancreatic cancer on June 28, 2003, in Houston, Texas. She was 76.

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TitleHigh Trail to Danger
AuthorsJoan Lowery Nixon, Meg O'Brien
PublisherRandom House Children's Books, 1992
ISBN0553296027, 9780553296020
Length168 pages
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Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / General
  
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