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Life in 1880 Tenmile, Colorado, isn't easy. But it's all that 12-year-old Sissy Carlson knows. She's lived here her whole life, watching her father, the local doctor, tend to the town's citizens. Tenmile is a tough gold mining town and there's a thin line between life and death. Mining is a hard job; men are hurt or even killed. Sissy sees the same thin line between the haves and the have-nots as she assists her father in his practice and witnesses the struggles of his patients. Now that she's older, Sissy is starting to think of the world beyond Tenmile. What could she make of her life if she…mehr

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Life in 1880 Tenmile, Colorado, isn't easy. But it's all that 12-year-old Sissy Carlson knows. She's lived here her whole life, watching her father, the local doctor, tend to the town's citizens. Tenmile is a tough gold mining town and there's a thin line between life and death. Mining is a hard job; men are hurt or even killed. Sissy sees the same thin line between the haves and the have-nots as she assists her father in his practice and witnesses the struggles of his patients. Now that she's older, Sissy is starting to think of the world beyond Tenmile. What could she make of her life if she could just get away? What kind of future does Tenmile offer, especially for a girl? A poignant coming-of-age middle grade novel by New York Times-bestselling author Sandra Dallas.
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Autorenporträt
Sandra Dallas is the New York Times bestselling author of the middle-grade novels Hardscrabble, The Quilt Walk, Red Berries, White Clouds, Blue Sky, and Someplace to Call Home. A member of the Colorado Authors' Hall of Fame, she is the author of ten nonfiction books and seventeen adult novels, including The Last Midwife, Prayers for Sale, The Diary of Mattie Spenser, The Persian Pickle Club, and Little Souls. A former Denver bureau chief for Business Week magazine, she is the recipient of three National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum Wrangler awards, four Western Writers of America Spur Awards, and six Women Writing the West WILLA Awards. She lives in Denver and Georgetown, Colorado. Visit her at www.sandradallas.com.