Three Kids on a Mule

Three Kids on a Mule is the fast-paced story of three kids who must overcome storms, Indians, rustlers, outlaws and a mean uncle to find their long-lost family in the Territory of New Mexico. Minnie, thirteen, Robert, eleven, and Lizzie, eight, lose their parents in an influenza epidemic in the winter of 1878. After the kids are taken to live with their uncle, they are worked, whipped, starved, tricked and abused. When personal and family belongings are stolen from them, they run away with their dog, Bullet, to find an uncle in the Territory of New Mexico. The kids encounter hunger, rattlesnakes, floods, mud and tornadoes. Outlaws try to kill them, cattle rustlers chase them, Indians befriend them and the U.S. Cavalry takes them to the headwaters of the Blackwater stream. They rise above adversity and overcome their trials using the skills their parents taught them.