
Written by Patricia Bailey
A young girl challenges corruption in a 1905 Nevada mining town.
In 1905 Nevada, thirteen-year-old Kit Donovan faces a harsh reality in a mining town. Struggling to honor her late mother and become a proper lady, Kit uncovers dangerous secrets about her father's boss. Armed with a man's hat and a printing press, she channels her inner Huck Finn to fight for justice. As threats loom, Kit learns that justice isn't always what she expected. Will her courage be enough to change her world?
Life in a Nevada mining town in 1905 is not easy for 13-year-old Kit Donovan, who is trying to do right by her deceased mother and become a proper lady. When Kit discovers Papa’s boss at the gold mine is profiting from unsafe working conditions, she realizes being a lady is tougher than it looks. With a man’s hat and a printing press, Kit puts her big mouth and all the life skills she’s learned from reading The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to work, defying threats of violence and finding that justice doesn’t always look like she imagined it would.
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