Sam Houston Is My Hero (Chaparral Books)
By Judy Alter.
Description
Fourteen-year-old Cat Jennings livesand workson a hardscrabble farm outside Bastrop, Texas, with her parents, an older brother Charlie, and three younger childrenHolly, Benjie, and Susanna. But her father has gone to fight at the Alamo, and Charlie has left to join him. When Cat learns that the Alamo has fallen with no survivors, she takes off on horseback to ride across South Texas and urge volunteers to join Sam Houston’s army. She soon runs into Johnny Jenkins, who is both her nemesis and her first love. Johnny is on his way to join Houston, even though Cat tells him he’s ...
ISBN(s)
0875652778, 9780875652771
