The Murrasons' Barn

<p>In 1858 with the nation on the brink of civil war the violence in Bleeding Kansas festers like a raw wound a territory torn in two over the issue of slavery.</p><p></p><p>When her family discovers an injured woman hiding in their barn eleven-year-old Joyce Murrason must keep the secret from her best friend. Turns out Eliza Enstrom's father is already hunting the woman with the circle S on her shoulder-a $100 reward for Mama Tina's capture.</p>