Yep, 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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC YEPCarson, 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.
Format: text
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 CARShurtliff, Liesl.
Summary: Twelve-year-old Rump has never known his full name - his mother died before she could tell him. So all his life he's been teased and bullied for his half-a-name. But when he finds an old spinning wheel, his luck seems to change. For Rump discovers he can spin straw into gold. "Magical" gold.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SHUShurtliff, Liesl.
Summary: Relates the tale of Rumpelstiltskin's childhood and youth, explaining why his name is so important, how he is able to spin straw into gold, and why a first-born child is his reward for helping the miller's daughter-turned-queen.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Listening Library 2014
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Summary: After budget cuts threaten the art and music programs at Ella Mentry School, as well as some services, groundskeeper Burke finds gold and "gilver" on the playground, causing a modern-day gold rush.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2012
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED GutKeene, Carolyn.
Summary: Nancy Drew tackles a mystery professional detectives failed to solve--finding a valuable centuries-old message in a hollow oak tree in Illinois.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 1935
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION KEEHolub, Joan
Summary: "When Medusa suddenly becomes able to turn objects into gold just by touching them, she is thrilled. Gold, gold, everywhere! But it's not just objects that become golden--it's also food, and, even people! Her new ability turns out to be more dangerous than delightful, but can she do anything to reverse it?" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Fiction HolGregory, 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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2001
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y DA 21Condie, 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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Books for Young Readers 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC CONHobbs, Will.
Summary: When news of the discovery of gold in Canada's Yukon Territory in 1897 reaches fifteen-year-old Jason, he embarks on a 10,000-mile journey to strike it rich.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow Junior Books 1999
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC HobbsGreenwood, Barbara
Summary: "Two brothers head for the Klondike Gold Rush, hoping to strike it rich. Factual information, illustrations and photos follow each chapter of their personal story" Cf. Our choice, 2002.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2001
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC GreenWarner, Gertrude Chandler
Summary: On a camping trip to Arizona with their grandfather, the Alden children search for a lost gold mine.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: A. Whitman 1996
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC WARCoerr, 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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTrophy 1993
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2 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE COEKing, Trey
Summary: "Cuando Gotham es atacada por supervillanos, Superman y Batman deben detenerlos. Pero cuando los dos héroes se encuentran en problemas, ¿Quién podrá ayudarlos? ¡Tal vez mujer maravilla y batichica puedan darles una mano!, "--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Foreign Language, Call number: JE SPANISH KINStilton, Geronimo
Summary: When Geronimo gets lost looking for hidden treasures in the Gobi Desert, he comes across giant dinosaur bones.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2008
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED STIHigson, Charles
Summary: Piecing together information gained while skiing in the Alps, teenaged James Bond returns to Eton College and foils an assassination attempt, then goes on the run across Europe with a beautiful and dangerous Irish girl, Roan.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Hyperion Books 2011
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HIGCole, Burton W.
Summary: "Mysterious footprints in the snow. Vanishing mittens, misplaced eggs. A pink, purple, and orange paisley sleeping bag on the move. Something's definitely amiss in the chicken coop, and wackiness runs amok on Bash Hinglebobb's blizzard-blasted farm. While Bash is inventing such contraptions as a snowball catapult from inner tubes and underwear, his cousin Beamer Boxby, a city kid at heart, must...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: B & H Publishing Group 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION COLBlakley-Cartwright, Sarah.
Summary: Valerie is torn between Henry, who loves her, and the woodcutter, Peter, as her village is caught up in the return of the Wolf--no longer mollifed by monthly sacrifices--and the arrival of the inquistorial Wolf hunter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfaguara 2011
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Summary: Scarlet's true identity has been revealed and she has been forced to marry Lord Gisbourne and participate at court, acting the part of a noblewoman in hopes of helping her beloved Robin Hood's cause and forging a future with him.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC GAUMills, Deborah
Summary: Alfredo y su papá deben cruzar la frontera en un viaje difícil de México a los Estados Unidos. ¿Encontrarán el nuevo hogar que están buscando en el otro lado? Basándose en hechos reales, esta historia cobra vida gracias a la ilustradora Mexicana Claudia Navarro, y está repleta de notas al final del texto para iniciar conversaciones sobre inmigración.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Barefoot Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Foreign Language, Call number: J SPANISH 325 MILPaige, D. M.
Summary: To make Oz a free land again, Amy Gumm was given a mission: remove the Tin Woodman's heart, steal the Scarecrow's brain, take the Lion's courage, and then Dorothy must die... But Dorothy still lives. Now the Revolutionary Order of the Wicked has vanished, and mysterious Princess Ozma might be Amy's only ally. As Amy learns the truth about her mission, she realizes that she's only just scratched...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC PAIBlack, Chuck.
Summary: Validus, the only angel standing in the way of the demonic Fallen, has risen to a position of power and respect but is pushed beyond his abilities when he is assigned to protect one unbelieving man, Drew Carter, racing against time to discover why Drew is so important to humanity's survival.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Multnomah Books 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y FICTION BLAKann, Victoria.
Summary: A little girl who is obsessed with the color pink eats so many pink cupcakes that she herself turns pink.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rayo 2011