Under a Painted Sky

This week I read Under a Painted Sky by Stacy Lee. This book was really amazing, and I would honestly recommend it to the whole class. Samantha, living in Missouri around the middle of the 19th century, has one wish, and that is to be a musician in New York. That is a big deal for her at the time period, considering that she is a girl and also Chinese. I don't want to give anything away, but Samantha and a few others suddenly are forced to leave Missouri and run on the Oregon trail, destroying any chance of completing Samantha's wish and leaves them trying to stay alive. This book is amazing, I couldn't put it down, and really well written with really vivid characters. Overall, this was a really amazing book.