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Riding the Flume
Patricia Curtis Pfitsch
Paperback (Aladdin, April 1, 2004)Don't tell anyone -- the only safety is in secrecy. During the summer of 1894 the giant sequoia trees -- the oldest living things on earth -- are being felled for lumber in northern California. When fifteen-year-old Francie finds a note hidden in the stump of an old sequoia, she immediately recognizes her sister's handwriting. But Carrie died in an accident six years ago. Could Carrie's secret still be important? Francie's search for the truth turns dangerous, and she needs to get to St. Joseph fast. She's faced with the choice of either giving up, or riding the flume, a rickety track that carries lumber from the mills in the mountains to the lumberyard in St. Joseph. Should Francie risk her life for the secret her sister fought to keep?
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Keeper of the Light
Patricia Curtis Pfitsch
Hardcover (Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, Dec. 1, 1997)After the 1872 death of her father while trying to rescue drowning sailors from a sinking schooner, Faith takes over his job as a lighthouse keeper on Lake Michigan, until her mother decides to move into town, where Faith soon finds herself stifled by the role society expects her to play.
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Riding the Flume
Patricia Curtis Pfitsch
eBook (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, Sept. 1, 2015)Don't tell anyone -- the only safety is in secrecy. During the summer of 1894 the giant sequoia trees -- the oldest living things on earth -- are being felled for lumber in northern California. When fifteen-year-old Francie finds a note hidden in the stump of an old sequoia, she immediately recognizes her sister's handwriting. But Carrie died in an accident six years ago. Could Carrie's secret still be important? Francie's search for the truth turns dangerous, and she needs to get to St. Joseph fast. She's faced with the choice of either giving up, or riding the flume, a rickety track that carries lumber from the mills in the mountains to the lumberyard in St. Joseph. Should Francie risk her life for the secret her sister fought to keep?
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Riding the Flume
Patricia Pfitsch
Paperback (Aladdin, Aug. 16, 2002)Don't tell anyone -- the only safety is in secrecy. During the summer of 1894 the giant sequoia trees -- the oldest living things on earth -- are being felled for lumber in northern California. When fifteen-year-old Francie finds a note hidden in the stump of an old sequoia, she immediately recognizes her sister's handwriting. But Carrie died in an accident six years ago. Could Carrie's secret still be important? Francie's search for the truth turns dangerous, and she needs to get to St. Joseph fast. She's faced with the choice of either giving up, or riding the flume, a rickety track that carries lumber from the mills in the mountains to the lumberyard in St. Joseph. Should Francie risk her life for the secret her sister fought to keep?
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Keeper of the Light
Patricia Curtis Pfitsch
Paperback (Aladdin, Dec. 1, 2002)After the 1872 death of her father while trying to rescue drowning sailors from a sinking schooner, Faith takes over his job as a lighthouse keeper on Lake Michigan, until her mother decides to move into town, where Faith soon finds herself stifled by the role society expects her to play. Reprint.
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The Deeper Song
Patricia Curtis Pfitsch
Hardcover (Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, Oct. 1, 1998)When her cousin, Samuel, asks her to write down the word of Yahweh to keep the kingdom united after King Solomon dies, Judith does so to give women a stronger role in her father's religion, in a novel that speculates how the oldest parts of the Bible could have been written by a woman.
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Riding the Flume
Patricia Curtis Pfitsch
Library BindingDuring the summer of 1894, the giant sequoia trees -- the oldest living things on earth -- are being felled for lumber in northern California. Francie finds a note in a hole of an old sequoia stump and recognizes her sister's handwriting. But Carrie died in an accident six years earlier. Could the secret still be important? Francie is determined to find out. When her search turns dangerous and she needs to get to St. Joseph fast, she's faced with the choice to either give up -- or to ride the flume, the rickety track that carries lumber from the mills in the mountains to the lumberyard in St. Joseph. Should Francie risk her life for the secret her sister fought to keep? * * * "She'd only heard of two men riding the flume successfully -- those two last summer. They had been arrested as soon as they got to St. Joseph. Two others had tried before that. One had ended up in the hospital, and the other man had been killed.... "Her heart began to beat in slow, painful thuds. Was it such a crazy idea? Did she dare try it? Could she ride the flume to St. Joseph?"
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Riding the Flume
Patricia Curtis Pfitsch
Library Binding (San Val, April 16, 2004)Book by Pfitsch, Patricia Curtis
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Keeper of the Light
Patricia Curtis Pfitsch
Paperback (Demco Media, Dec. 1, 2002)After her father's death in 1872, Faith takes over his job as lighthouse keeper on Lake Superior, until her mother decides to move into town, where Faith finds herself stifled by the role society expects her to play.
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Riding the Flume
Patricia Curtis Pfitsch
Library Binding (Perfection Learning, April 1, 2004)Don't tell anyone -- the only safety is in secrecy.During the summer of 1894 the giant sequoia trees -- the oldest living things on earth -- are being felled for lumber in northern California. When fifteen-year-old Francie finds a note hidden in the stump of an old sequoia, she immediately recognizes her sister's handwriting. But Carrie died in an accident six years ago. Could Carrie's secret still be important? Francie's search for the truth turns dangerous, and she needs to get to St. Joseph fast. She's faced with the choice of either giving up, or riding the flume, a rickety track that carries lumber from the mills in the mountains to the lumberyard in St. Joseph. Should Francie risk her life for the secret her sister fought to keep?
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