Project Gutenberg 2010-10-11 Public domain in the USA. 40 Raymond, Evelyn 1843 1910 Raymond, Evelyn Hunt Jessica Trent: Her Life on a Ranch Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.fadedpage.net "Jessica Trent: Her Life on a Ranch" by Evelyn Raymond is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Jessica Trent, a spirited young girl living on the Sobrante ranch, who navigates the challenges of ranch life and her relationships with its diverse inhabitants. The book highlights themes of courage, community, and the responsibilities that follow losing a parent, specifically a father, as well as the dynamics of trust and betrayal as Jessica and her family face external threats to their home. The opening of the novel introduces readers to Jessica as she rides along a narrow canyon trail with a stranger, Mr. Hale, who has lost his way. Their lively conversation reveals Jessica's lively character and familiarity with life on the ranch, contrasted with Mr. Hale's unease as he grapples with the rugged Western landscape. When an incident occurs, leading to Mr. Hale's horse being injured, we see Jessica’s compassion and ability to navigate difficult situations. The scene then shifts to various ranch life elements, including a humorous encounter with a shepherd, Pedro, and hints at the complexities of ranch management under her mother’s direction after her father's passing. It establishes a foundation of adventure and warmth while hinting at the conflicts that will arise later in the narrative. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Girls -- Juvenile fiction Mystery fiction Ranch life -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 377435 377451 2024-09-14T09:09:43.498877 2023-09-15T04:29:27.249901 text/html text/html 396991 2010-10-11T11:44:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 143544 2010-10-11T11:44:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 203249 2024-09-14T09:09:50.427764 application/epub+zip 207277 2024-09-14T09:09:45.261849 application/epub+zip 207276 2024-09-14T09:09:44.252801 application/epub+zip 385583 2024-09-14T09:09:54.572737 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 352533 2024-09-14T09:09:49.641786 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 341009 2022-09-15T12:12:13.068612 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 335175 335087 2024-09-14T09:09:42.595892 2023-09-15T04:29:26.422901 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 335099 2010-10-11T11:44:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 133523 2010-10-11T11:44:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18322 2024-09-14T09:09:54.707737 application/rdf+xml 13285 2024-09-14T09:09:44.605799 image/jpeg 3262 2024-09-14T09:09:44.428798 image/jpeg 195449 2024-09-14T09:09:43.539812 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog