Author notes remind that this is only a legend, but on these pages, the perilous ride and courageous girl who undertook it feel very real. Priceman's (How to Make a Cherry Pie and See the U.S.A.) trademark free-flowing lines speed the story's momentum, with winding ribbons of color pulling Betsy-and readers-along a treacherous path. Griffin's (The Foot-Stomping Adventures of Clementine Sweets) direct yet descriptive narrative recounts the calamities that befall Betsy, while the characters' cartoon styling lessens the tension. Swirls of deep royal and swaths of magenta evoke the eerie nighttime setting ("Through the trees Betsy saw moonlight reflect off a pair of staring eyes. Most spreads depict Betsy atop her horse, Bess, dashing through dark marshlands or dense forests. The year is 1775, and teenage Betsy Dowdy secretly sets off on an all-night horseback journey to alert colonial militia to the British advance upon her North Carolina island home. Publication date 1996 Topics Teeth - Fiction., Stories in rhyme. A folk heroine from the Revolutionary War, crimson cape swirling behind her, races across the pages of this thrilling historical tale.
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