Patricia Pfitsch entertains us with an engaging tale of adventure and mystery involving giant sequoias, logging operations, and a fiesty young girl named Francie Cavanaugh. Set in the 1890s in the fictional town of Connorsville in Northern California, Francie is enthralled to be surrounded by majestic sequioas and is somewhat saddened to see the large trees being felled on a daily basis. However, things heat up when she finds a mysterious message tucked inside a sequoia that has been hidden there for over 6 years by her dead sister Carrie.
What is the meaning of that cryptic message? If she is to solve this mystery, she must break almost every rule she has grown up with including going against her father's wishes. A heavy price to pay.
Althougth the book is primarily intended is for tween/teen girls, boys will certainly appreciate the descriptions of the flumes and how dare devils in the day tried to ride it even under the threat of death.
A touching tale with lush and vivid descriptions of how a sequoia forest must have been like in the late 1800s.
Genre: Historical fiction
Age recommendation: 12+
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