The devil's paintbox

By Victoria McKernan

Subjects: Siblings, Overland journeys to the Pacific, Frontier and pioneer life, Seattle (wash.), fiction, Brothers and sisters, fiction, Orphans, fiction, Fiction, Frontier and pioneer life, fiction, Children's fiction, Orphans, Overland journeys to the pacific, fiction, West (u.s.), fiction, Brothers and sisters, History

Description: In 1865, fifteen-year-old Aiden and his thirteen-year-old sister Maddy, penniless orphans, leave drought-stricken Kansas on a wagon train hoping for a better life in Seattle, but find there are still many hardships to be faced. In 1865, fifteen-year-old Aidan and his thirteen-year-old sister Maddy, penniless orphans, leave drought-stricken Kansas on a wagon train hoping for a better life in Seattle, but find there are still many hardships to be faced.