Author(s): Deborah Kent

Fiction - middle

When her father dies, 15 year old Lexie becomes an orphan. Her brother is on the run, accused to a crime he didn't commit, and Lexie is to be sent to live with an aunt in New York. Rather than be separated from her beloved horse, Cougar, Lexie makes a brave decision. Disguised as a boy, she sets out with Cougar along the Pony Express trail, to find her brother and clear his name. But the journey ahead is full of peril...