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Avarice Juvenile fiction California Gold discoveries Juvenile fiction Chinese Americans Juvenile fiction Diaries Juvenile fiction Frontier and pioneer life California Juvenile fiction Gold mines and mining Gold mines and mining Fiction Gold mines and mining Juvenile fiction Ponies Juvenile fiction Uncles Juvenile fictionCarson, Rae
Summary: Lee Westfall, a young woman with the magical ability to sense the presence of gold, must flee her home to avoid people who would abuse her powers, so when her best friend Jefferson heads out across Gold Rush-era America to stake his claim, she disguises herself as a boy and sets out on her own dangerous journey.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC CARCondie, Allyson Braithwaite
Summary: Seeking to avenge the murder of her true love while on a dredge ship searching for gold, fifteen-year-old captain Poe Blythe becomes the architect of new defenses designed to destroy her enemies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Books for Young Readers 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC CONYep, Laurence.
Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2000
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Summary: So...Much...Gold... When Isaiah's dad is hired to print 3D dinosaur bones, his family is invited to join him. On this trip, the kids are glamping--enjoying the luxury of an RV instead of camping in tents. Attending a park-sponsored stargazing event, Isaiah, Sadie, and Ethan overhear a ranger tell his favorite legend of a gold mine hidden in Zion. While exploring the park, they venture off to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bakken Books 2022
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Summary: A thirteen-year-old girl living in an 1880 Colorado gold-mining town witnesses the hardships of her community as she assists her father, the town doctor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DALCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DALCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction DallasWarner, Gertrude Chandler
Summary: On a camping trip to Arizona with their grandfather, the Alden children search for a lost gold mine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A. Whitman 1996
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC WARGregory, Kristiana.
Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC GRECopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y DA 21Coerr, Eleanor.
Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTrophy 1993