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Boston Jane

Jennifer L. Holm

2001230 pagesabout 4–5 hours
2001
first published
  • 2001HarperCollins · 273 pages · ENGISBN 9780060287382
  • 2002HarperCollins · 242 pages · ENGISBN 9780060290436
  • 2004HarperCollins Publishers · 230 pages · ENGISBN 9780060290450
  • 2005Thorndike Press · 279 pages · ENGISBN 9780786273928
  • 2001Listening Library · ENGISBN 9780807205105
  • 2005HarperTrophy · 240 pages · ENGISBN 9780064408820
  • 2004HarperTrophy · 256 pages · ENGISBN 9780064408813
  • 2001Listening Library · ENGISBN 9780807204658

1855: The unknown wilds of the Pacific Northwest--a land not yet tamed, and certainly not fitting for a proper young lady! Yet that's just where Miss Jane Peck finds herself. After a tumultuous childhood on the wrong side of Philadelphia high society, Jane is trying to put aside her reckless ways and be accepted as a proper young lady. And so when handsome William Baldt proposes, she joyfully accepts and prepares to join him in a world away from her home in Washington Territory. But Miss Hepplewhite's straitlaced finishing school was hardly preparation for the treacherous months at sea it takes to get there, the haunting loss she'll face on the way, or the colorful characters and crude life that await her on the frontier. From the Trade Paperback edition.

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AtmosphereGritty

How it reads

Character focusSingle lead

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Written forMiddle grade

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