I think that cheerful, observant Peedy might have been my favorite character besides the girls.
There’s still time for us to get to know all of the characters well, and explore the past trauma that each of them has. All sorts of hijinks ensue, both adventurous and romantic. They join up with a trio of cowboys heading west, including cousins West and Cay as well as their Mexican friend Peedy. The two girls dress as boys for safety, changing their names to Sammy and Andy, heading west to find Annamae’s brother and the friend Samantha and her father were meant to join the next day. She’s rescued by Annamae, a slave just about Samantha’s age who’s looking for her lost older brother. Things go very suddenly south when her father and their store all go up in flames and the landlord attempts to rape Samantha in preparation to adding her to his roster of “working girls”. She teaches music lessons with her violin, the Lady Tin-Yin, and dreams of performing in New York City someday.
Samantha is the only Chinese girl in a tiny frontier supply town in 1849 Missouri. Once again, though, this cross-dressing adventure was worth the wait. I know, it’s almost June, and here I am still working on my Releases I Didn’t Get To.
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