One Came Home
By: Amy Timberlake
Timberlake, A., & Homer, D. (2013). One came home. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
Note: This award is given to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
Summary: It is 1871 and Georgie Burkhardt is a young teenage girl that is anything but typical in Wisconsin. Georgie opens her mouth and upsets her sister Agatha by ruining her engagement and this spurs Agatha to flee their Wisconsin town with a band of pigeoners. The sheriff goes out to bring Agatha back but instead brings back an unidentifiable body. Georgie does not believe that this is the body of her sister and in turn heads out herself to uncover the truth about Agatha. Georgie runs into all kinds of trouble along her journey and even ends up shooting her gun. Georgie does uncover the truth but I won't tell you here, read the book and find out!
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