Black Storm Comin'

WANTED: Young, skinny, wiry fellows not over eighteen. Must be expert riders. Willing to risk death daily. Orphans preferred. When Colton Wescott sees this sign for the Pony Express, he thinks he has the solution to his problems. He's stuck with his ma and two younger sisters on the wrong side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, with no way to get across. They were on the wagon train heading to California when Pa accidentally shot Colton and then galloped away. Ma is sick, and Colton needs money to pay the doctor. He'd make good money as a Pony rider. he also needs to get to California to deliver freedom papers to Ma's sister, a runaway slave. The Pony Express could get him there too... Does Colton have what it takes to be a Pony Express rider? And if so, will traveling the dangerous route over the mountains bring him closer to family, freedom, and everything he holds dear?

Author: Diane Lee Wilson
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Published: 09/01/2006
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 9.36h x 5.32w x 0.86d
ISBN: 9780689871382

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.5
Point Value: 13
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 88999 / Black Storm Comin'

Award: Land of Enchantment Book Award - Nominee
Award: William Allen White Childens Book Award - Nominee

About the Author
Wilson, Diane Lee: - Diane Lee Wilson is the author of Black Storm Comin' (which won a Spur Award for Best Western Juvenile, was a Booklist Editors' Choice, a VOYA Top Shelf fiction pick, a Notable Social Studies book, a Bulletin Blue Ribbon book, and a Book Links Lasting Connection), Firehorse (which was a Booklist Top Ten Mystery/Suspense pick and an ALA Amelia Bloomer Project pick), Raven Speak, and Tracks. She lives in Escondido, California. Visit her online at DianeLeeWilson.com.