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* DeathOfAchild: There's the baby the Broken Hand Gang killed, as well as [[spoiler: Jeremiah.]]

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* DeathOfAchild: DeathOfAChild: There's the baby the Broken Hand Gang killed, as well as [[spoiler: Jeremiah.]]

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* AsTheGoodBookSays: several times
* AssholeVictim: Yorkshire. [[spoiler: Angus and Ian.]]

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* %%* AssholeVictim: Yorkshire. [[spoiler: Angus and Ian.]]



* BigBad: The Broken Hand gang are set up as this.

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* [[spoiler: EverybodyKnewAlready: The girls' disguises. Peety claims he saw through them on the first day, when Andy tried to button her coat the wrong way.]]
* FunetikAksent: The Scotsmen speak this way.

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* [[spoiler: EverybodyKnewAlready: [[spoiler: The girls' disguises. Peety claims he saw through them on the first day, when Andy tried to button her coat the wrong way.]]
* FunetikAksent: The Scotsmen speak this way. have their accents spelt out phonetically.



* IntimateHealing: When West has a fever after being kicked by a horse, he won't drink from a spoon so Sam feeds him soup from her mouth.

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* IntimateHealing: When West has a fever after being kicked by a horse, he won't drink from a spoon spoon, so Sam feeds him soup from her mouth.



* NobodyPoops: Averted. Sam and Andy take bathroom breaks together to keep watch for each other and maintain their disguises, claiming that relieving yourself in public insults Chinese and African ancestors. They also use this time to speak to each other honestly, which leads to Peety remarking that it takes Chinese and African people [[UnusualEuphemism take a long time to build their log cabins]].

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* NobodyPoops: Averted. Sam and Andy take bathroom breaks together to keep watch for each other and maintain their disguises, claiming that relieving yourself in public insults Chinese and African ancestors. They also use this time to speak to each other honestly, which leads to Peety remarking that it takes Chinese and African people [[UnusualEuphemism take a long time to build their log cabins]].



* SweetPollyOliver: Sam and Andy.
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* TrueCompanions: Sam and Andy; West, Cay, and Peety. [[spoiler: All five by the end.]]
* WeHaveToGetTheBulletOut: In a very dramatic scene indeed. Justified by the time period.

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* %%* TrueCompanions: Sam and Andy; West, Cay, and Peety. [[spoiler: All five by the end.]]
* %%* WeHaveToGetTheBulletOut: In a very dramatic scene indeed. Justified by the time period.

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* DeathOfAchild: There's the baby the Broken Hand Gang killed, as well as [[spoiler: Jeremiah.]]



* InfantImmortality: Averted with the baby the Broken Hand Gang killed, as well as [[spoiler: Jeremiah.]]

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* WeHaveToGetTheBulletOut: In a very dramatic scene indeed. Justified by the time period.

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* WeHaveToGetTheBulletOut: In a very dramatic scene indeed. Justified by the time period.period.
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UnderAPaintedSky is a young adult novel by Stacey Lee, published in 2015.

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UnderAPaintedSky ''Under A Painted Sky'' is a young adult novel by Stacey Lee, published in 2015.
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* LesYay: Between Samantha and Andy.
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* LesYay: Between Samantha and Andy.
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* ACapella: The cowboys occasionally sing something silly like Yankee Doodle. Andy sings hymns this way.

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* ACapella: ACappella: The cowboys occasionally sing something silly like Yankee Doodle. Andy sings hymns this way.
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* ACapella: The cowboys occasionally sing something silly like Yankee Doodle. Andy sings hymns this way.


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* BerserkButton: Andy and onions. She doesn't even want to see them and throws up when she's unknowingly fed soup with onions. (Peety, who cooked the soup, didn't know.) The first time this comes up, Sam sees that it's a serious feeling and treats it as such; she's right.


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* IntimateHealing: When West has a fever after being kicked by a horse, he won't drink from a spoon so Sam feeds him soup from her mouth.
* MacGuffin: Sam's mother's bracelet. While it was given away for a reason, any other valuable object could be substituted in.
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* InsuranceFraud: Sam realizes this has been committed [[spoiler: by Yorkshire, who intentionally burned down the Whistle.]]

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* AssholeVictim: Yorkshire. [[spoiler: Angus and Ian.]]
* AttemptedRape: Yorkshire tries to rape Samantha. [[AssholeVictim She kills him.]]



* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Averted. The death of [[spoiler: Sam's dad, who is Chinese]] kicks off the plot, but the main characters are a diverse group.

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* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Averted. The death of [[spoiler: Sam's dad, who is Chinese]] Chinese, kicks off the plot, but the main characters are a diverse group.



* StreetMusician: Sam and her father both played instruments; she mentions earning money this way.

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* InterruptedSuicide: Sam tries to drown herself after her father dies; Andy interrupts.
* NobodyPoops: Averted. Sam and Andy take bathroom breaks together to keep watch for each other and maintain their disguises, claiming that relieving yourself in public insults Chinese and African ancestors. They also use this time to speak to each other honestly, which leads to Peety remarking that it takes Chinese and African people [[UnusualEuphemism take a long time to build their log cabins]].
* ShortCutsMakeLongDelays: The shortcut that turns out to be a dead end.
* StreetMusician: Sam and her father both played instruments; she mentions earning money for rent this way.
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* TrueCompanions: Sam and Andy; West, Cay, and Peety. [[spoiler: All five by the end.]]

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* TrueCompanions: Sam and Andy; West, Cay, and Peety. [[spoiler: All five by the end.]]]]
* WeHaveToGetTheBulletOut: In a very dramatic scene indeed. Justified by the time period.

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Set in 1849 Missouri (at least at first), the book follows protagonist Samantha and her friend Annamae. When they kill a man in self-defense, they disguise themselves as boys, take the names Sam and Andy, and set off on the Oregon Trail. They meet up with three [[Main/Cowboy cowboys]] and become TrueCompanions as they head west.

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Set in 1849 Missouri (at least at first), the book follows protagonist Samantha and her friend Annamae. When they kill a man in self-defense, they disguise themselves as boys, take the names Sam and Andy, and set off on the Oregon Trail. They meet up with three [[Main/Cowboy cowboys]] {{cowboy}}s and become TrueCompanions as they head west.



* AsTheGoodBookSays: several times
* BigBad: The Broken Hand gang are set up as this.



* ChekhovsSkill: The sweetheart knot is used twice to save a protagonist's life. Sam's musical skill is also key.
* EasternZodiac: Sam believes in it and references it frequently.
* [[spoiler: EverybodyKnewAlready: The girls' disguises. Peety claims he saw through them on the first day, when Andy tried to button her coat the wrong way.]]
* FunetikAksent: The Scotsmen speak this way.



* SweetPollyOliver: Sam and Andy.



* TokenMinority: Averted with the main characters Sam (Chinese) and Andy (African-American), as well as secondary character Peety (Latino).

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* TokenMinority: Averted with the main characters Sam (Chinese) and Andy (African-American), as well as secondary character Peety (Latino).(Latino).
* TrueCompanions: Sam and Andy; West, Cay, and Peety. [[spoiler: All five by the end.]]
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UnderAPaintedSky is a young adult novel by Stacey Lee, published in 2015.

Set in 1849 Missouri (at least at first), the book follows protagonist Samantha and her friend Annamae. When they kill a man in self-defense, they disguise themselves as boys, take the names Sam and Andy, and set off on the Oregon Trail. They meet up with three [[Main/Cowboy cowboys]] and become TrueCompanions as they head west.

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!! This book provides examples of:
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Andy meets up with her brother, Isaac, but he dies shortly after; and after many injuries and near-death experiences they still have a long, dangerous road ahead.]]
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Averted. The death of [[spoiler: Sam's dad, who is Chinese]] kicks off the plot, but the main characters are a diverse group.
* InfantImmortality: Averted with the baby the Broken Hand Gang killed, as well as [[spoiler: Jeremiah.]]
* StreetMusician: Sam and her father both played instruments; she mentions earning money this way.
* TitleDrop
* TokenMinority: Averted with the main characters Sam (Chinese) and Andy (African-American), as well as secondary character Peety (Latino).

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