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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A young boy joins his father in Kansas with dreams of becoming a cowboy, only to be faced with the realities of frontier life.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Thirteen-year-old Thomas Hunter dreams of the cowboy life on the prairie. When he finally makes the long train ride from Virginia to Kansas to rejoin his father, Thomas discovers a hardscrabble existence of farming and plates licked clean. One day, a sudden cattle stampede finally gives hiim the opportunity to "go cowboy." Can Thomas prove his mettle and find solace in this harsh land?</p><p><em>Grasslands </em>received the Society of Midland Authors Award for Juvenile Fiction in 2003 and the nomination for the William Allen White Award in 2004. Thomas Hunter's story continues in <em>The Last of the Roundup Boys</em>.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>..". Seely's evocative writing has a flair for the vivid simile and seamlessly weaves a wealth of information about the prairie into this story of a boy... An excellent coming-of-age story and a must for collections on prairies, cowboy life, and westward expansion after the Civil War." (Kirkus Reviews, starred review)</p><br>

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