num_pages: 272
description: In the town of Placid Wisconsin in 1871 Georgie Burkhardt is known for two things: her uncanny aim with a rifle and her habit of speaking her mind plainly.But when Georgie blurts out something she shouldn't her older sister Agatha flees running off with a pack of pigeoners trailing the passenger pigeon migration. And when the sheriff returns to town with an unidentifiable bodywearing Agatha's blue-green ball gowneveryone assumes the worst. Except Georgie. Refusing to believe the facts that are laid down (and coffined) before her Georgie sets out on a journey to find her sister. She will track every last clue and shred of evidence to bring Agatha home. Yet even with resolute determination and her trusty Springfield single-shot Georgie is not prepared for what she faces on the western frontier.From the Hardcover edition.
language: English
title: One Came Home
publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers