{"id":29,"date":"2016-05-14T02:38:20","date_gmt":"2016-05-14T02:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2018-11-08T22:14:12","modified_gmt":"2018-11-08T22:14:12","slug":"books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/index.php\/books\/","title":{"rendered":"Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1237\" src=\"http:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Kit-Donovan_CVR-698x1024.jpg\" alt=\"kit-donovan_cvr\" width=\"350\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Kit-Donovan_CVR-698x1024.jpg 698w, https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Kit-Donovan_CVR-102x150.jpg 102w, https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Kit-Donovan_CVR-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Kit-Donovan_CVR.jpg 1688w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>Thirteen-year-old Kit Donovan made a lot of promises to her dying mother, and the most difficult one to keep \u2013 the one about being a proper lady \u2013 seems downright impossible in a place like Goldfield, Nevada. The corrupt owner the gold mine seems to hold sway over the whole town. When Kit convinces Papa to speak out against the dangers in the mine, trouble finds her family.<\/p>\n<p>Now she must find a way to expose the misdeeds before it\u2019s too late. With help from an unlikely friend, a Shoshone boy, and a newspaperman, she puts her big mouth and all the life skills she\u2019s learned from reading <em>The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn<\/em> to work. But is she really brave enough to stand up for what\u2019s right?<\/p>\n<p>Published\u00a0 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.albertwhitman.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Albert Whitman &amp; Company (April 25, 2017)<\/a><br \/>\nCover Image by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jonlaustudio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jon Lau<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>ISBN:\u00a0 978-0807581438<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">*Winner of the 2018 Oregon Book Award for Children&#8217;s Literature*<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">*Winner of the 2018 WILLA Literary Award in Children&#8217;s\/Young Adult Fiction &amp; Nonfiction*<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">*Winner of the 2017 Oregon Spirit Book Award*<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">*Bronze Winner of the Will Rogers Medallion Award*<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2168 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Kit-Donvan-Paperback-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"kit-donvan-paperback\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Kit-Donvan-Paperback-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Kit-Donvan-Paperback-103x150.jpg 103w, https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Kit-Donvan-Paperback.jpg 343w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><strong>Now Available in Paperback!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #1590d6;\">What people are saying about Kit Donovan:<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;The Tragically True Adventures of Kit Donovan <\/em>is a rip-roaring tale of love, friendship, and betrayal set in the gold mines of Nevada.\u00a0It\u2019s chockablock with bad guys and good guys, mysteries and deceptions, dangers and disasters.\u00a0The bad-tempered, outrageous, courageous, and determined Kit will steal your heart.\u00a0This is a romping good read!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2014Karen Cushman, Newbery Medalist for\u00a0<em>The Midwife\u2019s Apprentice<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;As dirt-caked and rough as any gold-flecked nugget found in a mine, Kit Donovan glimmers as a hero for the ages. Blessed with a thirst for justice and a stellar vocabulary, Kit meets the challenges that upend her world with bravery, loyalty, and just the right hat. <em>The Tragically True Adventures of Kit Donovan<\/em> offers hope that with the right amount of pluck and determination, good people really can join together to beat the forces of evil.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2014Kate Hannigan, author of Golden Kite\u2013winner <em>The Detective\u2019s Assistant<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Smart writing, an interesting plot, plus\u00a0a compelling main character combine to make this a great read.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2014Melissa Taylor at<a href=\"http:\/\/imaginationsoup.net\/2017\/04\/18\/historical-fiction-choices-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Imagination Soup<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;(T)he protagonist \u2013 who defines \u201cspunk\u201d \u2013 doesn\u2019t let her age and gender stop her from matching wits with a corrupt mining operator in 1905 Nevada.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Amy Wang at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/books\/index.ssf\/2018\/05\/2018_oregon_book_awards.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Oregonian\/Oregon Live<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Kit Donovan is a new kind of superhero.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Brian Collier, Oregon Book Award Judge<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;<span id=\"reviewTextContainer2432175825\" class=\"readable\"><span id=\"freeText8618192322957317949\">Awesome debut. Strong female protagonist, lots of interesting history and humor, and super use of language\/voice.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Karen Johnson, co-chair of the OCTE Oregon Spirit Book Award<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;&#8230;a wonderfully flawed yet strong character, who learned timeless lessons that modern adolescents can identify with.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; WILLA Literary Award Judge<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;&#8230;a lively portrayal of the western frontier.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; WILLA Literary Award Judge<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;&#8230;exciting, funny and very readable book set in a Nevada gold mining town in 1905.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Charles Williams, Will Rogers Medallion Awards<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Available Now at:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Tragically-True-Adventures-Kit-Donovan\/dp\/0807581437\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1484279594&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=the+tragically+true+adventures+of+kit+donovan\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon | <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/the-tragically-true-adventures-of-kit-donovan-patricia-bailey\/1125000323?ean=9780807581438\" target=\"_blank\">Barnes and Noble | <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/book\/the-tragically-true-adventures-of-kit-donovan-9780807581438\/61-0\" target=\"_blank\">Powells | <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9780807581438\" target=\"_blank\">Indiebound<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/patriciabailey\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-133\" src=\"http:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/goodreads-badge-add-plus-71eae69ca0307d077df66a58ec068898.png\" alt=\"goodreads-badge-add-plus-71eae69ca0307d077df66a58ec068898\" width=\"95\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1380 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/cropped-937jacket-1.jpg\" alt=\"cropped-937jacket-1.jpg\" width=\"937\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/cropped-937jacket-1.jpg 937w, https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/cropped-937jacket-1-150x48.jpg 150w, https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/cropped-937jacket-1-300x96.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 937px) 100vw, 937px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; 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