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Twelve-year-old Alex cannot stand the idea of moving to Montana, Land of Nothing. Her mom gives her a small wooden box of trinkets and a pressed wildflower that sends her back in time to 1865. Alex finds herself joining the wonderful Bowman family as they move west with a wagon train. On her amazing adventure, Alex is faced with painful injuries, terrifying river crossings, daily hardships, strong... More

Twelve-year-old Alex cannot stand the idea of moving to Montana, Land of Nothing. Her mom gives her a small wooden box of trinkets and a pressed wildflower that sends her back in time to 1865. Alex finds herself joining the wonderful Bowman family as they move west with a wagon train. On her amazing adventure, Alex is faced with painful injuries, terrifying river crossings, daily hardships, strong friendships, dark mystery, and even first love. Will the Bowmans make it to Montana? Will Alex ever make it back to her real life, or is this her life now? If she does go back, what will happen to all of her friends? This spectacular story takes a young girl from her comfortable modern world to the struggling life of pioneers moving west in a tale full of hilarious blunders, heart-wrenching tragedy, ugly secrets of crime, and the tenderness of a first love.

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