The devil's paintbox
By: Victoria McKernan.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf; Random House Children's Books; Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 359
ISBN-13: 9780375837500; 9780375937507
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Fiction; Overland journeys to the Pacific -- Fiction; Brothers and sisters -- Fiction; Orphans -- Fiction; West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890 -- Fiction; Seattle (Wash.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: In 1866, fifteen-year-old Aidan and his thirteen-year-old sister Maddy, penniless orphans, leave drought-stricken Kansas on a wagon train hoping for a better life in Seattle, but find there are still many hardships to be faced.