Title: Crosswire
Description: When an 1883 drought drives free-range cattlemen to shred Texas ranchers' barbed wire fences and steal water, thirteen-year-old Jesse works hard to help while dealing with his father and brother's falling-out and his own fear of guns.
Subjects: Brothers, Robbers and outlaws, Droughts, Fathers and sons, Fiction, Courage, Ranch life, History, Juvenile fiction, Brigands and robbers, Historical fiction
Places: Texas
Time periods: 1846-1950