The Giver of Stars

The audiobook The Giver of Stars benefits literacy programs.

The Giver of Stars is a novel about a group of women in Kentucky who become mail carriers in the late 19th century. The women are known as the “Pony Express” and they bravely deliver the mail through the mountains, despite the danger from bandits and the elements. The novel tells the story of their friendship and their adventure.

1. Alice Blackwell – the main character of the story, a young woman who leaves her comfortable life in England to move to Kentucky and help deliver books as part of the Pack Horse Library Project 2. Margery O’Hare – Alice’s best friend and fellow librarian, who is also from England 3. Bennett Cooper – Alice’s love interest, a local doctor 4. Georgie – Alice’s horse, who she uses to deliver books 5. Ivy – another librarian from Kentucky 6. Boone – Ivy’s boyfriend 7. Mr. Davis – the man who runs the Pack Horse Library Project 8. Mrs. Davis – Mr. Davis’s wife 9. Miss Mary – a local woman who helps the librarians 10. Sheriff Sammy – the local sheriff

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