Wilderness Days

by Jennifer L. Holm · 2002

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"Remember — you make your own luck." Abandoned on the frontier by her faithless fiance, Jane Peck prepares to head home, only to learn that the Philadelphia life she once knew is no more. But can a proper young lady find happiness as the only woman in a primitive pioneer settlement? Armed with only a finishing-school education and her natural determination, Jane must endure life with her flea-bitten landlord, a perilous manhunt, and the traps and hazards of a blossoming romance.

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Will Jane survive the challenges of the wild, uncharted frontiers of friendship, love, and the Washington Territory?

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historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thisadventureadventureMore like thisLess of thisromanceromanceMore like thisLess of thishumorhumorMore like thisLess of thishistorical romancehistorical romanceMore like thisLess of this
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childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of thisNative AmericanNative AmericanMore like thisLess of thissurvivalsurvivalMore like thisLess of this
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WashingtonWashingtonMore like thisLess of thisWashington StateWashington StateMore like thisLess of this
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romanticromanticMore like thisLess of this
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historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
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young adultchildrensmiddle grade
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medium · 242 pages

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