Laurel Dumont is introduced to the reader, first as a young child who spends many happy summers with her grandmother in the south. It is during these summers that Laurel finds her love for swimming and diving. ...

• Word Count: 2802
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The American West has been a place that people envisioned as somewhere personal destiny could be fulfilled and diligence rewarded. Visions of freedom, wide-open spaces, uncompromised opportunity, and success became the mythic representation of the American West to many people outside of the region....

• Word Count: 2962
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School