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Mattie is a seventeen‑year‑old girl who leaves her sister Ivy behind in the small town of Last Chance, California. Determined to earn her own living, she hides her identity as a boy and secures a position with the Pony Express, the famed mail service that crisscrossed the American West. On the long, rugged routes she faces danger and unlikely adventures, discovering the harsh realities of frontier life while also finding a new romance.
First publish date: 1996
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Jude Watson
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