Prairie Thief

In this delightful mash-up of Little House on the Prairie and The Spiderwick Chronicles (SLJ), experience life on the prairiewith one fantastical twist!Louisa Brodys life on the Colorado prairie is not at all what she expected. Her dear Pa, accused of thievery, is locked thirty miles away in jail. Shes living with the awful Smirches, her closest neighbors and the very family that accused her Pa of the horrendous crime. And now shes discovered one very cantankerousand magicalsecret beneath the hazel grove. With her life flipped upside-down, its up to Louisa, her sassy friend Jessamine, and that cranky secret to save Pa from a guilty verdict. Ten bold illustrations from Erwin Madrid accompany seasoned storyteller Melissa Wileys vibrant and enchanting tale of life on the prairiewith one magical twist.