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    A Dangerous Promise
    A Dangerous Promise
    A Dangerous Promise
    Audiobook4 hours

    A Dangerous Promise

    Written by Joan Lowery Nixon

    Narrated by Christina Moore

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    About this audiobook

    It’s 1861, and although Mike Kelly is far younger than the legal age of 16, he
    and his best friend Todd secretly join up with the Second Kansas Infantry and
    become army drummer boys. Mike’s dreams of glory end when he’s wounded at
    the bloody Battle of Wilson’s Creek and must begin a dangerous adventure behind
    enemy lines.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateJan 26, 2021
    ISBN9781980086413
    A Dangerous Promise
    Author

    Joan Lowery Nixon

    Joan Lowery Nixon (1927–2003) was a renowned author of children’s literature, best known for series like the Orphan Train Adventures and Casebusters. Born in Los Angeles, she began dictating poems to her mother before she could read. At the University of Southern California, Nixon majored in journalism, but took a job teaching the first grade upon graduating. In 1949, she and her husband moved to Corpus Christi, Texas, and in 1964 she published her first novel, The Mystery of Hurricane Castle. Nixon became a fan of mystery fiction when she was a child, and many of her most popular series incorporate elements of sleuthing. She won four Edgar Awards for best young adult mysteries, including prizes for her novels The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore (1979) and The Name of the Game Was Murder (1993). In addition to writing more than 140 young adult novels, Nixon also co-wrote several geology texts with her scientist husband.      

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      Very exiting .?? and full of suspense , enjoyable for sure