Little Sure Shot

Annie's family work hard to survive on their Ohio farm. Annie's happiest when hunting game with her pa, and she doesn't care one bit that it's not the kind of thing girls are meant to do. When tragedy strikes, the family is thrown into deepest poverty. Until one day, Annie dares to pick up Pa's old rifle, and find a way to feed her starving family. As the family's fortunes worsen, Annie is sent away to work, and life becomes an ever greater struggle. Yet Annie has the courage and pluck to survive - and her brilliance with a rifle starts to gain her more than just turkeys for the pot. Can Annie's amazing skills take her all the way to fame and fortune?An inspiring novel based on the incredible life of sharpshooting star Annie Oakley.

About the author

Matt Ralphs has worked in publishing as an editor and writer for many years. He writes fiction and non-fiction books, with a focus on history and the darker side of myths and folklore. He lives in England on a canal boat called Nostromo.

Product details

• Authors: Matt Ralphs, Ralphs Matt
• Publisher: Andersen Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 01.01.2023
• Subject: Children's and young people's books
• EAN: 9781839132018
• ISBN: 978-1-83913-201-8
• Pages: 304
• Age Recommendation: ages 10 to 12
• Subjects: Ohio, JUVENILE FICTION / Sports & Recreation / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / 19th Century, Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage), Interest age: from c 10 years, Sporting stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Sporting stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Death, Grief, Bereavement, Poverty and precarity, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Abuse, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Poverty & Homelessness, Target shooting, Amelia Earhart Ada Lovelace Anne Frank Vegara Frida Kahlo Dolly, When War Came Home Valley Lost Parr Mckay skylarks Earle, Secret Lake Inglis Ghost Garden Somerset Tsunami Sky Chasers Walked Air, Carroll Letters Lighthouse Sun King Strange Star Frost Hollow Hall, Annie Oakley Get Your Gun markswoman sharpshooter Buffalo Bill Olympic, Powerful Champions Lead Pairs Little People Big Dreams Rosa Parks, Falls Storm Rages McGowan Brock Pike Morpurgo Adventures Trains Leonard, Women sport girls Sitting Bull Goodnight Stories Rebel Favilli Cavalo, Evans Harrison Williamson Lewis St John James Elphinstone Darwin's Dragons, Lightning Mary Anning Simmons Julia Gray Ginsburg Pankhurst Suffragettes Curie