Eight-year-old Ashel is worried about a baby raccoon he heard while coon hunting with the Landers boys.
The second in a series of Florida Cowboy books, Ashel\'s Spring , is also set in the deep south in the 1930s and is filled with issues that students face today..
When Cusseta is bullied on her first day at Ashel\'s school, Ashel thinks quickly about the importance of friendship.
It is not until Ashel comes face to face with a Seminole Indian of the 1800s that Ashel begins to understand others from a different culture.
Cowboy Pete gives Ashel and a little Seminole girl, Cusseta, some roping and riding lessons, where Ashel makes a keen discovery.
A bluetick puppy arrives on this doorstep, and Ashel wonders if the puppy and the raccoon can get along.
He and his mother try to rescue the baby coon, but not before facing an alligator in the process.
Eight-year-old Ashel is worried about a baby raccoon he heard while coon hunting with the Landers boys
