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PublisherORCA Book Publishers USA

ISBN-101554698820

ISBN-139781554698820

eBay Product ID (ePID)112873170

Product Key Features

Book TitleVictorio's War

Number of Pages176 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicSports & Recreation / Camping & Outdoor Activities, General, Westerns, Historical / United States / 19th Century, People & Places / United States / Native American

Publication Year2012

GenreJuvenile Fiction, Young Adult Fiction

AuthorJohn Wilson

Book SeriesThe Desert Legends Trilogy Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight8.5 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceYoung Adult Audience

LCCN2011-942580

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsThis easy read has a fast moving plot and complex characters making it perfect for reluctant readers, as well as fans of historical fiction and westerns...The themes of right and wrong, discussion of death, and the message of hope will be engaging and rewarding., Wilson is a self-confessed history addict, and his enthusiasm for creating believable stories about the past, as well as his attention to detail, has been obvious throughout the series. Victorio's Warseems more realistic and authentic than many other novels about this time period, and it keeps the setting lively and entertaining for the (mostly) boys who will fall in love with the idea of a teenager on a momentous adventure. , Readers will smell the dust, hear the whizzing bullets and arrows, and experience the conflicted loyalties that are all part of Jim's story...An outstanding fast-paced tour of the Old West that will appeal to all ages., Wilson is skilled at bestowing upon [his characters] grand, memorable gestures. This is a fine time dodging arrows along the sunbaked trail., This third volume of John Wilson's Desert Legendstrilogy is every bit as well done as the first two...Wilson's seeming asides and occasional real historical references merely entice the reader to look further and more closely at what is presented before him...[A] well-paced tale.

Grade FromEighth Grade

Series Volume Number3

Number of Volumes1 vol.

Dewey Decimal813/.6

Grade ToTwelfth Grade

SynopsisNow a scout for the Army, in 1880, Jim Doolen finds himself caught in the middle of a brutal war with Victorio's Apaches along the Mexican border., Jim Doolen discovered his father's fate in Written in Blood and met Billy the Kid in Ghost Moon . Now, in the final installment of The Desert Legends Trilogy, he's a scout for the Army in the middle of a brutal war to force Victorio's Apaches onto a reservation far from their traditional lands. Deeply troubled by the violence he's witnessed and been a part of, and having lost so many friends, Jim feels trapped between the two worlds he's encountered over the past three years. Captured by his nemesis Ghost Moon and forced to flee with an Apache band of warriors, Jim is only saved from a slow and torturous death when his old friend Wellington adopts him as his son. But now he's on the wrong side. Will he be branded a traitor? Or killed in a battle with the 10th US Cavalry or the Mexican Army? Jim finds his loyalties now divided, and he begins to understand the plight of his captors. But as supplies and ammunition run out, Jim's fate is tied to that of the doomed Apache warriors and survival seems unlikely., Jim Doolen discovered his father's fate in Written in Blood and met Billy the Kid in Ghost Moon . Now, in the final installment of The Desert Legends Trilogy, he's a scout for the Army in the middle of a brutal war to force Victorio's Apaches onto a reservation far from their traditional lands. Deeply troubled by the violence he's witnessed and been a part of, and having lost so many friends, both white and Indian, Jim feels trapped between the two worlds he's encountered over the past three years. Captured by his nemesis Ghost Moon and forced to flee with an Apache band of warriors, Jim is only saved from a slow and torturous death when his old friend Wellington adopts him as his son. But now he's on the wrong side. Will he be branded a traitor? Or killed in a battle with the 10th US Cavalry or the Mexican Army? Jim finds his loyalties now divided, and he begins to understand the plight of his captors. But as supplies and ammunition run out, Jim's fate is tied to that of the doomed Apache warriors and survival seems unlikely.