I read this around 2014. The cover is a dull color, maybe a light gray/green/blue, might have a face or a ship on it. The author's last name is probably around mid-alphabet.The main character is a young girl named Adeline, possibly Addie for short. At some point her father, the captain of a ship, leaves to sail somewhere, and i think she goes to find him. She meets one of his crew members by the ship and tells them she's his daughter, but the crew member tells her the captain doesn't have a daughter. Adeline realizes her father never told them about her, and feels betrayed and abandoned. I think he may be her only family
After the death of her mother, Adaline is sent to live in St. Louis while her father—the famous scout Kit Carson—explores the West. Yearning for the faraway world of her mother's people and desperate for proof of her father's love, Adaline flees the home of her cruel relatives to forge her own course through the wilderness. When she allows an abandoned dog to join her on t After the death of her mother, Adaline is sent to live in St. Louis while her father—the famous scout Kit Carson—explores the West. Yearning for the faraway world of her mother's people and desperate for proof of her father's love, Adaline flees the home of her cruel relatives to forge her own course through the wilderness. When she allows an abandoned dog to join her on the trail, and to enter her heart, everything she ever knew about love and loyalty is put to the test. ...more