Some Kind of Courage

I love Dan Gemeinhart.  Ever since his Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise, I have been gobbling up his other works:  The Honest Truth and Scar Island.  This realistic-fiction/adventure story is set in the late 1800's out west.  The main character tells his heartwrenching story of the loss of his family, and his need to get back the one part of his heart he has left - his horse Sarah, who has been sold without his permission.  I loved the language - the accent, the voice - that the author used to tell the tale from Joseph's perspeective.  It felt authentic and true.  Full of adventure and action, as well and heart, students will devour it.  (FIC GEM)