"From the award-winning author of Perma Red comes a devastatingly beautiful novel that challenges prevailing historical narratives of Sacajewea"--

The sheriff of a dusty western town rescues Sweetness, an unusually resourceful orphan, from nasty old Mrs. Sump and her terrible orphanage.

The experiences of a mouse-colored horse from his birth in the wild, through his capture by humans and his work in the rodeo and on the range, to his eventual old age.

"Larkspur Nielsen is ready for change, frustrated by the small-mindedness of her Ohio hometown and its lack of opportunity for her or her younger sisters. But the push to leave comes faster than she ever expected when several of her bold actions for justice earn her vindictive enemies. Overnight, they must pack up and ready to make a new life out West, hoping to escape notice and any opportunities for revenge. Knowing that four women traveling together...

Framed for murder, Dewey "Mac" McKenzie is running for his life. Though Macs never even made a pot of coffee, he talks his way onto a cattle drive heading westas a chuckwagon cook. Turns out he has a natural talent for turning salt pork and dried beans into culinary gold. Hes as good with a pot and pan as he is with a gun.

It takes some effort, but Grizz Brickbottom convinces his fellow cowboys that they need a canine companion on the trail, but Foofy the miniature poodle is not what any of them expected.

Describes William Clark and Meriwether Lewis' expedition across North America to explore the uncharted territory of the Northwest United States to the Pacific Ocean.