Just as they are settling in, though, Nettie suddenly disappears. Determined to escape, Ailis creates a way for her and Quinn to leave during the day and work to save money. Miss Franny hates the Irish and takes her anger out on Ailis and Quinn. While Nettie goes to school, Ailis and Quinn are forced to clean the boardinghouse each day by Miss Franny, the caretaker. At the boardinghouse, they meet Nettie, a precocious, hen-loving six-year-old orphan who shares a small closet with Ailis. Olsen, the powerful former president of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, offers to bring them to his boardinghouse in Chicago, they accept. Ailis, 12, and Quinn, 11, lost their parents and their baby sister in Peshtigo. Gr 4-7–On October 8, 1871, two great fires roared through Peshtigo, WI, and Chicago, destroying families, homes, and lives. Click here to see more of Scott's stunning covers.Īnd School Library Journal gave us a great review! The texture technique he uses is super cool. I've been a huge fan of Scott's work with many revised classics and Neil Gaiman's 1602 series so having him illustrate this cover is kind of surreal for me.
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