I Am Lavina Cumming - A Novel of the American West

Based on the true story of Lowell's grandmother, this acclaimed novel offers a a compelling look at life in early 20th-century California as it tells the story of a young girl struggling to find her place there. Includes an Afterword by the author. Illustrations. Map.

About the author

Susan Lowell's family has lived in the American West since Gold Rush days. She is the author of several picture books for children, including The Three Little Javelinas, a Reading Rainbow Book, The Bookmaker and the Elves, winner of a Spur Award from the Western Writers of America, and Cindy Ellen: A Wild Western Cinderella, also winner of a Spur Award. Her novels for older children are I Am Lavina Cumming and The Boy with the Paper Wings. She and her husband and their two daughters divide their time between Tucson, AZ, and a ranch near the Mexican border.
Contributor residences (city, state or country if outside the US or Canada): Tuscon, AZ

Product details

• Authors: Susan Lowell, Lowell Susan
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 8
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9781571316554
• ISBN: 978-1-57131-655-4
• Weight: 226 g
• Illustrations: 22 B&W illustrations, Map
• Series: Historical Fiction for Young R; Historical Fiction for Young Readers
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Girls & Women, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action & adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls & women