Larger	Adaline Falling Star Author: Mary Pope Osborne
	Book Information Publisher: Blue Sky Press Book Type: Paperback Rating: 7 ISBN-13: 9780439059480 - ISBN-10: 0439059488 Publication Date: 6/1/2002 Pages: 176 Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Book Reviews

LOVE AND LOYALTY PUT TO THE TEST Adaline is a fiery child--an irrepressible combination of her white explorer father Kit Carson and her Arapaho mother. When Ma dies and Pa sets off on an expedition out West, Adaline finds herself living in St. Louis with racist white relatives who call her a savage and work her like a slave.When Adaline realizes she may have been abandoned, she decides to find her own way back to her mother's people, where she is sure her father will find her. With the company of a stray dog, Adaline sets out on a journey that will either save her life--or end it...