The Last of the Roundup Boys

The Last of the Roundup Boys by Debra Seely is the sequel to Grasslands, which PW said ""convincingly illustrates the gaps between the romance of the West and the realities of daily life on a struggling Kansas farm in the early 1880s."" The narrative alternates between Tom, now 17, who gets a second chance at fulfilling his dreams of cowboy life; and Evie Parsons, the daughter of his employer, who nurses a crush on Tom. (July) .