Meadow Lark

by Mary Peace Finley

Overview

In Meadow Lark, the third book in Mary Peace Finley's Santa Fe Trail Trilogy, 13-year old Teresita Montoya dreams of learning to read and of leaving her small village to follow her brother Julio and her father eastward.

When she joins a wagon train headed to Bent's Fort and beyond, her courage and resourcefulness are tested with each challenge along the way. Terisita's adventure-filled journey from Taos, Mexico, to Independence, Missouri, marks the beginning of a future filled with possibilities.

Winner of the Colorado Books Award and Finalist for the WILLA Award.

"This exciting story of courage in the face of adversity is sure to please all ages."
� Rudofo Anaya

Product Details

BN ID:	2940150632400
Publisher:	Filter Press, LLC
Publication date:	10/15/2014
Series:	Santa Fe Trail Trilogy , #3
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	200
File size:	1 MB
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Mary Peace Finley was raised in the southeastern Colorado town of Fowler. She is a graduate of the University of Denver, a former teacher of English-as-a-Foreign Language, a television scriptwriter, and author of four historical novels set in southeastern Colorado and along the Santa Fe Trail.

The three novels in her Santa Fe Trail Trilogy are award winners: Meadow Lark (Colorado Book Award), White Grizzly (Benjamin Franklin Award), Soaring Eagle (Top Hand Award from Colorado Author's League).

Mary is active in the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, the Colorado Authors League, Women Writing the West, and Western Writers of America.