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Virginia of V. M. Ranch
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- North, Grace May, 1876-1960
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : multiple file formats
- Place of Publication:
- Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,
- Summary:
- "Virginia of V. M. Ranch" by Grace May North is a fictional novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the character Virginia Davis, a sixteen-year-old girl who lives on her family's cattle ranch in the vast Arizona desert. The narrative captures her internal struggles and the dynamics of her relationships, particularly with her brother Malcolm, as they face the unexpected arrival of their father's ward, Margaret Selover, a girl from the East. The themes of family responsibility, adventure, and self-discovery are woven into Virginia's journey as she contemplates her new life ahead. At the start of the book, Virginia is riding her pony Comrade down a mountain trail, contemplating a letter that brings news about Margaret, the daughter of her father's late friend. Virginia and Malcolm are faced with challenges surrounding their father's death and the decision of whether to invite Margaret to live with them at V. M. Ranch. As they hatch a plan to disguise their identities to understand their prospective ward better, readers are introduced to the underlying tension and humorous dynamics of sibling relationships. Meanwhile, in a parallel introduction, we meet Margaret Selover, who is grappling with her own feelings about leaving her boarding school life. The opening chapters set the stage for the intertwining destinies of these two young women, hinting at adventures and conflicts that lie ahead as they navigate their new reality together. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
- Credits:
- Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Notes:
- Reading ease score: 79.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
- Release date is 2021-12-30
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