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1) Amazona
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Andrea, a young Indigenous Colombian woman, has returned to the land she calls home. She comes to mourn her child-and to capture evidence of the illegal mining that displaced her family"--
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.
4) Fool's gold
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Reluctant to admit that he suffers from claustrophobia and anxious not to alienate his friends, Rudy tries to find a way to distract them from pursuing their plan of exploring an abandoned gold mine.
Author
Series
Nuala Anne McGrail novels volume 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Continuing the enchanting chronicles of the fabulous Nuala Anne McGrail and her spear-carrying husband Dermot, bestselling author Andrew M. Greeley takes them once again to Ireland for another thrill-packed adventure.
Back on the Emerald Isle, Nuala and Dermot soon get the feeling that someone is out to get them. They find themselves dodging multiple explosions, and someone starts shooting at Nuala while she is water-skiing in the cold Atlantic....
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
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (278 pages)
Language
English
Description
Recovering from a double mastectomy, journalist Jeneva Leopold seeks refuge at her uncle's idle gold mine in the desert of Eastern Oregon, only to find herself investigating the mysterious disappearance of her uncle and the murder of a young local miner.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 52
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
On a camping trip to Arizona with their grandfather, the Alden children search for a lost gold mine.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
In response to a string of gold thefts in a Mother Lode mine, Quincannon goes undercover as a newly-hired miner to identify and capture the men responsible. Meanwhile, Sabina finds herself not only making plans for her and Quincannon?s wedding, but also investigating both an audacious real estate scam and an abusive young man's villainous secret.
11) Pedro's pan
Author
Lexile measure
AD 540L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Everyday is an adventure for Pedro and his pan as they look for gold together in Alaska. Inspired by the true story of prospector Felice Pedroni and includes a brief biography, gold facts, and how to pan for gold.
12) Irish gilt
Author
Series
Notre Dame mysteries volume 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Detective Phil Knight teams up with his brother, Notre Dame professor Roger Knight, to investigate the theft of some valuable artifacts and the killing of a researcher, crimes that may be linked to a nineteenth-century theologian.
13) Over the moon
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Description
To save her younger brother from being forced to work in the mines, twelve-year-old Mallie pretends to be a boy and learns to ride and train flying horses.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"The tale of Buck, abducted and mistreated and his gradual adaptation to the wild is a much heralded celebration of the power of instinct and the natural world. This edition includes four short stories: 'The Son of the Wolf', 'To the Man on the Trail', 'The Wisdom of the Trail' and 'An Odyssey of the North'."--Amazon.com.
15) Gold fever
Author
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this brief rhyming story set during the gold rush, Jasper leaves his family and farm to pursue his dream of finding gold.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
c1988
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
64 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In San Francisco during the 1850's gold rush, Chang, the son of Chinese immigrants, wants a pony but cannot afford one until his friend Big Pete finds a solution.
Author
Series
Flat Stanley's worldwide adventures volume 1
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
71 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Hoping to escape the attention brought on by the accident that flattened Stanley, the Lambchop family drives to South Dakota, where they become involved in a wild west adventure at Mount Rushmore.
19) The colour
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
382 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
195 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1885, unhappy living with her aunt and uncle in Pittsburgh, Valentine Harper disguises herself as a boy and runs away to Colorado determined to find her father who has gone there in search of gold.
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