02769cam a22003493u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000330011324500280014626400510017430000470022533600260027233700260029833800360032450000310036050801720039152015320056353400670209565300300216265300320219265300350222465300420225970000200230185600550232185600430237667046UtSlPG20260610134540.0mcr n260607r20211924utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPZ1 aNorth, Grace May,d1876-196010aVirginia of V. M. Ranch 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2021  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2021-12-30  aRoger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)  a"Virginia of V. M. Ranch" by Grace May North is a fictional novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the character Virginia Davis, a sixteen-year-old girl who lives on her family's cattle ranch in the vast Arizona desert. The narrative captures her internal struggles and the dynamics of her relationships, particularly with her brother Malcolm, as they face the unexpected arrival of their father's ward, Margaret Selover, a girl from the East. The themes of family responsibility, adventure, and self-discovery are woven into Virginia's journey as she contemplates her new life ahead.  At the start of the book, Virginia is riding her pony Comrade down a mountain trail, contemplating a letter that brings news about Margaret, the daughter of her father's late friend. Virginia and Malcolm are faced with challenges surrounding their father's death and the decision of whether to invite Margaret to live with them at V. M. Ranch. As they hatch a plan to disguise their identities to understand their prospective ward better, readers are introduced to the underlying tension and humorous dynamics of sibling relationships. Meanwhile, in a parallel introduction, we meet Margaret Selover, who is grappling with her own feelings about leaving her boarding school life. The opening chapters set the stage for the intertwining destinies of these two young women, hinting at adventures and conflicts that lie ahead as they navigate their new reality together. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cUnited States: A. L. Burt Company, 1924  aGirls -- Juvenile fiction  aArizona -- Juvenile fiction  aRanch life -- Juvenile fiction  aGuardian and ward -- Juvenile fiction1 aSchaeffer, Phil4 uhttps://archive.org/details/virginiaofvmranc00nort40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67046