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Emily's Fortune

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by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
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From Newbery Award winner Phyllis Reynolds Naylor comes a witty tale of the Wild West filled with comical cliffhangers and featuring a cast of plucky orphans and dastardly villains. Emily Wiggins is poor and timid, without a drop of self-confidence. When she is unexpectedly orphaned, she is left all alone except for her turtle, Rufus. What in blinkin' bloomers should Emily do? Emily's neighbors, Mrs. Ready, Mrs. Aim, and Mrs. Fire, have the answer: Emily must travel by stagecoach to the home of her honorable aunt Hilda. What a rootin' tootin' grand idea! But Miss Catchum of the Catchum Child-Catching Services will get a big bonus for delivering Emily to her next of kin, the vicious Uncle Victor. How the ding dong dickens will Emily escape Miss Catchum? It will take all the gumption and cunning of fellow orphan and traveler Jackson to help Emily find her confidence, her conniving spirit, and the true reason Uncle Victor wants to claim her. But how in flippin' flapjacks will Emily outsmart Uncle Victor? 

  • Creators

  • Series

    Emily

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    June 8, 2010

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9780375896507

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9780375896507
      • File size: 3601 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 5.2
    • Lexile® Measure: 840
    • Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
    • Text Difficulty: 4-5

  • Reviews

    • Booklist

      April 15, 2010
      Grades 3-5 Newbery Award winner Naylor claims that she tries to never write the same kind of book twice, and although she has written westerns before, including Walkers Crossing (1999), this could be seen as her first of the rootin-tootin variety. When her mother and the wealthy woman she works for are killed in a carriage accident, meek Emily sets out to find her loving aunt. Trouble is, the wealthy woman left a considerable fortune to Emily, and her villainous uncle Victor would sure like to get his hands on all that cash. Most of the story takes place on a stagecoach out west as Emily and fellow orphan Jackson muster all their cunning and pluck to outwit Victor, and a good deal of the appeal comes from Naylors feisty chapter cliff-hangers: What in shootin shivers would Emily do now? It all makes for a fun, bouncy ride, though one might wish for a few more of Collins scene-stealing pencil sketches. As there simply arent many westerns for young girls, this happily plugs a hole in the genre.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2010, American Library Association.)

    • The Horn Book

      July 1, 2010
      After her mother's death, Emily musters up the courage to make the stagecoach trip to her Aunt Hilda's, dodging an evil uncle and the Catchum Child Catching Services along the way. Written in a comically overblown style, this tale will keep readers turning pages to find out, "How in flippin' flapjacks will Emily outsmart Uncle Victor?"

      (Copyright 2010 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

Formats

  • Kindle Book
  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:5.2
  • Lexile® Measure:840
  • Interest Level:4-8(MG)
  • Text Difficulty:4-5

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