Hattie Marshall and the Prowling Panther

9781565549401

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"Hattie, some things have to change as we grow up. It's part of life and God's plan. But there are other things that won't ever change."Life on the frontier is one adventure after another for twelve-year-old Hattie Marshall. She enjoys the excitement, but sometimes things get scary, like when she gets swept away on a flooded river and has to save herself, or when a black panther keeps coming to her family's farm, hunting for its next meal. Meanwhile, things are changing at home. Her sister is getting married, Gramma needs extra help, and worst of all, her brother, Sam--her best friend--is leaving on a cattle drive that will take him away from home for several months. It all begins to seem like more than she can handle. But Hattie will soon find that some things don't ever change--like the love between a brother and sister, and the fact that God is with her, even when she's lonely and her world seems upside-down. Debra Smith lives in Denham Springs, Louisiana, and is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and on the Louisiana State Artist Roster. She also wrote Hattie Marshall and the Hurricane. Both adventure stories have roots in the tales Mrs. Smith's grandfather told about his childhood in east Texas.