Texas roundup
Catherine E. Chambers
In nineteenth-century Texas, a young boy learns a great deal about life on the range when he is at last allowed to accompany the ranch hands on the spring roundup.
Read Time: ~0.8 hr
The fire-brother
by Kevin Crossley-Holland (1975)
About this book
An East Saxon boy, recently converted to Christianity, tries to deal with the villager's and his own brother's hostility to the monks with whom he now makes his home.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreThe fire-brother Lead Character
Themes & Moods
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