Rosie in Los Angeles: Action!

With the success of Papa's latest baseball film, Rosie and her family move to beautiful Los Angeles to shoot more films starring Rosie. And there's no wasting time; within days of unpacking, Papa brings home an entire Wild West show so he can make authentic Westerns! Rosie's so excited about riding a horse for the first time that she forgets to watch her step -- and before she knows it, she's caused a terrible accident for the show's best trick rider. Oy vey! Where will Papa's Western movies be without a real trick rider...and with a star who doesn't even know how to get on a horse?
Enter Zach, the son of the injured rider. Rosie finds him simply irritating! And just when Rosie thought it couldn't get any worse, she and Zach get hopelessly lost in the hills. All they have to get past the mountain lions, rattlesnakes, and other enemies in the wild are their wits, their skills, and each other. Can Rosie and Zach set aside their differences and brave the challenges ahead so that this story has a happy ending?

Author: Carol Matas
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
Published: 02/01/2004
Pages: 120
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 7.62h x 5.14w x 0.38d
ISBN: 9780689857164

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.6
Point Value: 3
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 76518 / Rosie in Los Angeles: Action!

Award: Sydney Taylor Book Award - Notable

Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 03/01/2004 pg. 218

About the Author
Carol Matas is a writer of historical novels and other fiction for young readers, incorporating Holocaust and Jewish themes. She is known for her hard-hitting stories, that thrust adolescent protagonists into life and death situations, while confronting readers with the vagaries and complexities of life.