Title: The dry
Description: West Virginia, 1895: Twelve-year-old Elliot Sweeney goes in search of his missing father, only to find himself and his traveling partners--a blind burro and a brave girl--in an abandoned mine populated by giant insects waging war between two underground kingdoms.
Subjects: Imaginary wars and battles, Juvenile fiction, Fathers and sons, Insects, Mineral industries, History
Places: West Virginia
Time periods: 19th century