Spectacularly hilarious. His humorous vocabulary includes WAY too much swearing though. ( )

William Christmas decides that he is old enough to move west on his own. To support himself he becomes a scribe, writing letters for others. William finds himself being hunted down by a man who wants him dead, but he does not know why. The chase leads him though adventure after adventure trying to escape. This is a good story for a young reader searching for adventure. The story illustrates that good friends support and help each other, even through difficult circumstances. The story also proves that people are not always what they seem. ( )

In 1863, a sixteen-year-old boy nicknamed Scrib travels around the West making his living writing and delivering letters, an occupation that leads to him nearly getting killed, being jailed as a criminal, joining up with the notorious Crazy James Kincaid, and delivering a letter from President Abraham Lincoln to a Paiute Indian.