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Ireland, 1888. Feisty Cally Donnelly craves love. But with her mother disliking her, the young girl thinks it's her fault when the woman dies in childbirth. With her grief-stricken father neglecting both Cally and her little brother, she feels the family is finally mending when her da decides to emigrate to America,
upending Cally's entire world.
Gifted ten-year-old Charlie Malcomson can’t wait to take a voyage with his ship captain father. The birthday gift of his first trip sours when his disobedience during a storm brings on his father’s wrath. And the next ocean crossing becomes traumatic for both father and son, when tragedy strikes an Irish lassie they meet on board. Knowing she dare not reveal the secret that makes her terrified to return to Ireland, Cally digs deep for the courage and ingenuity she and her sibling need to strike out on their own. And though Charlie wants to help the troubled duo, he’s facing his own crisis of follow his musical career, or forge a lifelong friendship. With both youngsters
about to face an abusive adolescence, will they ever see one another again?
Weaving a multi-layered adventure through the challenges of a kidnapping, a street gang in Albany, a barge on the Erie Canal, and fleeing, finally to Kansas City, author Debra Kornfield deftly reveals how kindness from any source can change lives.
Following two characters as they mature and heal, readers will be delighted by the unexpected twists and turns revealed in a journey of hope and growth. Horse Thief 1898 is the suspenseful first book in the Cally and Charlie historical fiction series. If you like spirited heroines, emotional adventures, and surprise endings, then you’ll adore Debra Kornfield’s coming-of-age epic.
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