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In the 1860s, 10-year-old Emmy Blue embarks on a perilous wagon journey from Illinois to Colorado with her family. The journey is as challenging as the quilting skills Emmy must learn to survive. Along the way, she meets a boy named Bill who becomes her unlikely friend, and together they face the dangers of the frontier. The journey, filled with hardship and uncertainty, transforms both the children and the quilt they make into something beautiful and enduring.
First publish date: 2012
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Sandra Dallas
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