West Against the Wind

by Liza Ketchum Murrow

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Fourteen-year-old Abby seeks both her father and the secret of a handsome but mysterious boy during an arduous journey by wagon train from the middle of the country to the Pacific coast in 1850.

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I remember reading this book in middle school and loving it. Wanted to revisit it. Pretty good YA novel of a family's trip west during the Gold Rush. Grim occasionally, but realistic. (

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Cardinal Cup (Honor – 1988)

Iowa Teen Award (Nominee – 1992)

South Dakota Teen Choice Book Awards (Nominee – 1991)

Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee)

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Fourteen-year-old Abby seeks both her father and the secret of a handsome but mysterious boy during an arduous journey by wagon train from the middle of the country to the Pacific coast in 1850.

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