a bride goes west is new and fresh because it is impregnated with a just sense of values about life when nannie tiffany of west virginia married walt alderson whod already been on the cattle trail for years in 1882 they went to montana to start a little ranch theres plenty about ranching in this book but what is most valuable is about life about people in this ranch country when a new girl joins her class madoka kaname thinks she recognizes the mysterious darkhaired transfer student from one of her dreams a dream where she is approached by a catlike creature who offers madoka an opportunity to change destiny madoka had always thought magic was stuff of fantasy until she sees the transfer student fighting with the very cat being from her dream and just like in madokas dream the cat gives her a choice will madoka become a magical girl in exchange for he dearest desires what will be the cost of having her wish come true