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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1849, a twelve-year-old girl who calls herself Lucy is distraught when her mother moves the family from Massachusetts to a small California mining town, where Lucy helps run a rough boarding house and looks for comfort in books while trying to find a way to get "home."
Author
Series
California Gold Rush novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Jack and the butler stow away on a side-wheeler bound for California where they join the Gold Rush of 1849.
Author
Language
English
Description
Captain Sean Mulkerin comes home from the sea to find his family home in jeopardy. After the death of his father, Sean’s determined mother, Eileen, took it upon herself to run the sprawling Rancho Malibu—until a fire destroyed her hard-earned profits. Now, on the edge of financial ruin, Eileen hopes Sean can help them find a way out. The rumor is that her late husband found gold in the wild and haunted California hills, but the only clue...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
A diary account of fourteen-year-old Susanna Fairchild's life in 1849, when her father succumbs to gold fever on the way to establish his medical practice in Oregon after losing his wife and money on their steamship journey from New York. Includes a historical note.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A coming-of-age story set in the harsh landscape of Gold Rush America, centering on a orphan's journey to California in a wagon train of ruthless 49ers. Seventeen-year-old Joshua Gaines is suddenly orphaned in 1849, and after discovering that his foster father has left him deeply in debt, he flees his St. Louis home for Independence, Missouri. There, he plans to offer his medical expertise in exchange for passage to California in a Gold Rush party....
Author
Series
California Gold Rush novels volume 2
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c1998
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
136 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Annyrose relates her adventures with Joaquin Murieta and his band of outlaws in the California gold-mining region during the mid-1800s.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
A young Chinese boy nicknamed Runt records his experiences in a journal as he travels from southern China to California in 1852 to join his uncle during the Gold Rush.
Author
Publisher
Lectorum
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
700L
Language
Español
Description
Un grupo de viajeros se traslada de Boston a California con la esperanza de encontrar oro.
Beginning on a sailboat from Boston, Jack and Praiseworthy search for adventures during the Gold Rush of 1849 in California.
13) Newsgirl
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
327 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the spring of 1851 San Francisco is booming. 12-year-old Amelia Forrester has just arrived with her family and they are eager to make a new life in Phoenix City. But the mostly male town is not that hospitable to females and Amelia decides she will earn more money as a boy. Cutting her hair and donning a cap, she joins a gang of newsboys, selling Eastern newspapers for a fortune.
Author
Series
Gold seer trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
Physical Desc
406 pages : map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After her harrowing journey west to California, Lee Westfall has finally found a new home, one rich in gold, thanks to her magical power, a power that seems to be changing every day. But this home is rich in other ways, too: with friends who are searching for a place to be themselves, just as she is, and with love. Jefferson, her longtime best friend, hasn't stopped trying to win her heart. And Lee is more and more tempted to say yes. But her uncle...
15) The golden bride
Author
Series
Daughters of the Mayflower volume 8
Publisher
Barbour Books, an imprint of Barbour Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
251 pages : illustration ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Can Olivia survive the crime and Gold Rush fever of 1849...and the countless marriage proposals? A series for fans of all things related to history, romance, adventure, faith, and family trees. The Daughters of the Mayflower series continues when Olivia Brighton finds herself widowed and working her brother's restaurant in San Francisco during the height of the rush for gold. Even though she receives at least twenty marriage proposals a day, she will...
Author
Publisher
Eloquent Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
451 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Adam O'Kee is the half-Cherokee son of a prosperous brothel owner from the gold rush town of Bodie, California. Young and strong-willed, Adam is forced to grow up quickly after the unexpected death of his beloved mother. Left without family, Adam flees the little town to begin his life anew at the tender age of eight. Mathilda Jamison and her family are on their way to California when they are left stranded with their covered wagon on the vast plains...
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