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American Adventures: Luke

1849–On the Golden Trail

By Bonnie Pryor, Bert Dodson

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During the Gold Rush, dreamers of every kind flocked to California to make their fortunes. When Luke jumps at the chance to leave his prairie home and join his adventurous uncle, his own journey, filled with excitement, discovery, and danger, becomes a search for gold halfway across America.During the Gold Rush, dreamers of every kind flocked to California to make their fortunes. When Luke jumps at the chance to leave his prairie home and join his adventurous uncle, his own journey, filled with excitement, discovery, and danger, becomes a search for gold halfway across America.
ISBN: 9780380731022
Imprint: HarperColl
On Sale: Mar 1, 2000
List price: $6.75
No of pages: 176
Trim Size: 5.250 in (w) x 7.500 in (h) x 0.450 in (d)
BISAC 1: JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / General
BISAC 2: JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General
BISAC 3: JUVENILE FICTION / Boys & Men

Bonnie Pryor

Biography

Bonnie Pryor thoroughly researched important periods of American history for each of her American Adventures. For Luke on the High Seas, she delved into seafaring in the nineteenth century so that the details of Luke Reed’s journey would be accurate. She lives in Gambier, Ohio.

In Her Own Words…

“I grew up in Spokane, Washington, the middle child in a family of three girls. Books were a part of my life from as far back as I can remember. I was often in trouble for reading at the wrong time. I would be caught reading under the dining room table when I was supposed to be dusting, or reading under the covers by flashlight late at night-even hiding a novel inside my textbooks at school.

“Not everyone thought I read too much. I remember a school librarian who saved all the new books for me to read first, and on several occasions she gave me presents of books. Perhaps she felt she should because I had read every single thing in her library!

“I was very shy, and, like Robert in The Plum Tree War, I spent a lot of my time hanging from my knees from a favorite plum tree, telling myself stories. Of course since I was raised in the West these stories were usually about wild horses and cowboys, and I was always the heroine who came to the rescue. The stories were long and involved, sometimes going on for days. I was always impatient to get to my tree each day so I could find out what was going to happen next, but I was too lazy to write the stories down.

“I think everyone expected me to become a writer, but it took me twenty years and a gentle nudge from my husband, Robert, to build up the courage to try. In the meantime I moved to Ohio, worked at a variety of jobs, and raised a family. I have four grown children, eight grandchildren, and two daughters still at home-Jenny and Chrissy. Many of my books are loosely based upon incidents in my children’s lives, and they often appear as characters, in personality if not by name.

“My family recently moved to the country. When I’m not writing and visiting schools, we’re busy building barns and fences and laying out flower beds. In addition, we all take part in caring for the four newcomers to our home: three horses and a bunny!”

Bert Dodson

Biography

Bert Dodson is the well-known illustrator of many books for young readers about the American past, most recently Grandpa Was a Cowboy, by Silky Sullivan (Orchard Books), and Buffalo Thunder, by Patricia Wittman (Marshall Cavendish).He lives in Bradford, Vermont.

During the Gold Rush, dreamers of every kind flocked to California to make their fortunes. When Luke jumps at the chance to leave his prairie home and join his adventurous uncle, his own journey, filled with excitement, discovery, and danger, becomes a search for gold halfway across America.During the Gold Rush, dreamers of every kind flocked to California to make their fortunes. When Luke jumps at the chance to leave his prairie home and join his adventurous uncle, his own journey, filled with excitement, discovery, and danger, becomes a search for gold halfway across America.

ISBN: 9780380731022
Imprint: HarperColl
On Sale: Mar 1, 2000
List price: $6.75
No of pages: 176
Trim Size: 5.250 in (w) x 7.500 in (h) x 0.450 in (d)
BISAC 1: JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / General
BISAC 2: JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General
BISAC 3: JUVENILE FICTION / Boys & Men

Bonnie Pryor

Biography

Bonnie Pryor thoroughly researched important periods of American history for each of her American Adventures. For Luke on the High Seas, she delved into seafaring in the nineteenth century so that the details of Luke Reed’s journey would be accurate. She lives in Gambier, Ohio.

In Her Own Words…

“I grew up in Spokane, Washington, the middle child in a family of three girls. Books were a part of my life from as far back as I can remember. I was often in trouble for reading at the wrong time. I would be caught reading under the dining room table when I was supposed to be dusting, or reading under the covers by flashlight late at night-even hiding a novel inside my textbooks at school.

“Not everyone thought I read too much. I remember a school librarian who saved all the new books for me to read first, and on several occasions she gave me presents of books. Perhaps she felt she should because I had read every single thing in her library!

“I was very shy, and, like Robert in The Plum Tree War, I spent a lot of my time hanging from my knees from a favorite plum tree, telling myself stories. Of course since I was raised in the West these stories were usually about wild horses and cowboys, and I was always the heroine who came to the rescue. The stories were long and involved, sometimes going on for days. I was always impatient to get to my tree each day so I could find out what was going to happen next, but I was too lazy to write the stories down.

“I think everyone expected me to become a writer, but it took me twenty years and a gentle nudge from my husband, Robert, to build up the courage to try. In the meantime I moved to Ohio, worked at a variety of jobs, and raised a family. I have four grown children, eight grandchildren, and two daughters still at home-Jenny and Chrissy. Many of my books are loosely based upon incidents in my children’s lives, and they often appear as characters, in personality if not by name.

“My family recently moved to the country. When I’m not writing and visiting schools, we’re busy building barns and fences and laying out flower beds. In addition, we all take part in caring for the four newcomers to our home: three horses and a bunny!”

Bert Dodson

Biography

Bert Dodson is the well-known illustrator of many books for young readers about the American past, most recently Grandpa Was a Cowboy, by Silky Sullivan (Orchard Books), and Buffalo Thunder, by Patricia Wittman (Marshall Cavendish).He lives in Bradford, Vermont.