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Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
1988, c1963
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Description
One of Newbery Medalist Sid Fleischman's most beloved books, this rip-snortin' saga of a young man and his butler bound for California during the great Gold Rush was just made to be read by a full cast. Our collection of coots, codgers, geezers, and outlaws will have you laughing out loud-when you're not holding your breath in suspense!
Author
Series
Love's pure gold volume 1
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"The Gold Rush is about to change lives forever. It's the booming California Gold Rush of 1849, and the toughest man in town is ready to face his truth. Truitt Emerson wants out. Enough fighting and terrorizing gold miners, he wants to leave Hangtown for good. But now, stranded with two young women from back East who his boss expects delivered to Hangtown, things just got worse. He'd like nothing more than to leave the thin, red-headed woman to the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Annie's
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
California gold is on Sofia Parker's mind. She has begun research on the tenth block in the heirloom quilt bequeathed to her by her grandmother along with an old family journal. Her inquiry takes her back to the gold rush of 1849 and a young woman, Adelia Long. Adelia is tracking a dangerous thief who is brazenly stealing the priceless nuggets and dust the forty-niners are scratching from the ground. Will she be able to smoke out the crook before...
Author
Series
Love's pure gold volume 2
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"In 1851, being kidnapped off of a ship might be the worst thing for an innocent young woman. For Emery, she thought it was her salvation until the kidnappers only took her and left her younger sister on the ship. The angry miners seeking revenge on the greedy baron, Arnold Snider, who stole their savings in gold, believe they have kidnapped his wife. It's simple: if he gives their gold back, he can have his wife back. But how will the trade work...
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
This novel is a murder mystery set in a remote gold-mining frontier town in 19th-century New Zealand. Arriving in New Zealand in 1866 a weary Englishman, Walter Moody, lands in a gold-mining frontier town on the coast of New Zealand to make his fortune and forever leave behind his family's shame. On arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of twelve local men who have met in secret to investigate what links three crimes that occurred on a single...
Author
Description
Seattle, 1897. Anna Denton is not like the other prospectors traveling to the Yukon on the promise of riches. It's duty - not profit - that calls her into the wild unknown. With her family nearing financial ruin, Anna has agreed to marry Henry Bradwell, the wealthy King of the Klondike. She meets Will and Silas, childhood friends, on the steamer north. After the ship docks in a lawless Alaska town, Anna's chaperones run afoul of local criminals, leaving...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 7
Description
"Buck is a well-loved and happy dog, living on a ranch with other happy dogs and an owner who loves him. But one night, he is taken from his loving home, forced to work hard pulling sleds with a team of other unkind dogs. He quickly learns that to survive, he must set his wild side free. This new adaptation of Jack London's classic novel tells the story of a loveable dog seeking his purpose and belonging, and ultimately deciding if he should answer...
18) Bandit's moon
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Twelve-year-old Annyrose relates her adventures with Joaquín Murieta and his band of outlaws in the California gold-mining region during the mid-1800s.
19) Golden quest
Author
Series
Publisher
Silver Moon Press
Pub. Date
c1993
Description
As they mingle with the gold miners in their parents' dining hall, eleven-year-old David and his younger sister are caught up in the debate about California statehood and slavery.
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