In the face of danger / Nixon, Joan Lowery

Shy Megan Kelly truly believes she is to blame for her family's misfortune. She is happy when a lvoing young couple living in the rugged Kansas territory adopt her. With help from her new family, can Megan find a way to overcome her fear and superstition.

Deeply unhappy about her family's separation because of poverty, Megan gradually finds contentment and purpose in her new home on the Kansas prairie with a kind and loving adopted family.

Deeply unhappy about her family's separation because of poverty, Megan gradually finds contentment and purpose in her new home on the Kansas prairie with a kind and loving adopted family.

Deeply unhappy about the separation of her family because of poverty, twelve-year-old Megan gradually finds contentment and purpose in her new home on the Kansas prairie with a kind and loving adopted family.