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Flat Stanley's worldwide adventures volume 1
Pub. Date
2009.
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.
3) Amazona
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Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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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
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First Edition.
Language
English
Description
"The small, run-down town of Eden is the only place Jenny Burns has ever called home. The roots of the trees are in her bones, the air of the mountains is in her breath, the lakes and rivers are in her blood. And that's why, when her father loses his job and tells Jenny that they may have to move on from Eden, she knows she can't let that happen. The fever of New Zealand's gold rush still runs in the veins of Eden, and everyone knows the legend of...
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English
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"Hoping to strike it rich, eleven-year-old Jasper and his older brother Melvin set out on a treacherous journey to Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush"--
Jasper and his older brother Melvin set out on a treacherous journey to Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush, desperate to get away from their drunkard of a father. Onboard a ship, Jasper overhears a rumor about One-Eyed Riley, an old coot who's long since gone, but is said to have left clues to...
Author
Series
Goldtown adventures volume 2
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When Jem Coulter is caught in a miners' riot, he learns the worst: the Midas mine is no longer producing the gold the town relies on to stay alive. Will, the son of the mine's owner, tells Jem the only way to get the Midas working again is to blast deep into the ground. This means a nearby abandoned mine must be reclaimed for an air shaft. But Jem discovers that Chinese miners, including his friend Wu Shen, are working those old scavenger diggings....
Author
Series
Flat Stanley's worldwide adventures volume no. 1
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"Flat Stanley is taking over the world, one city at a time! In this very first installment in the renowned Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures chapter book series, Stanley Lambchop and his family visit one of America's most famous monuments, Mount Rushmore! Ever since Stanley Lambchop was flattened by a bulletin board, every trip is an adventure! The whole Lambchop family is off to see Mount Rushmore. But when Flat Stanley and his brother, Arthur,...
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Language
English
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Description
The Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906) are two classic American adventure novels depicting the evolution of two dogs in the wild. The novels are in fact mirror images of one another, as Call of the Wild depicts Buck's journey from domestic to wild dog, while White Fang recounts White Fang's transformation from wild beast to domestic companion. Both convey powerful themes of redemption and survival that continue to affect readers even today....
12) Badge of Honor
Author
Series
Goldtown adventures volume 1
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Jeremiah Jem Coulter knows that Goldtown, California, has seen the last of the gold rush. But the flecks of gold he and an old prospector, Strike, find in their played-out claim on Cripple Creek spur Jems hope of striking it rich. In the meantime, he and his sister, Ellie, sell frog legs and firewood to bring in extra cash. When Jems father accepts a job as sheriff of lawless Goldtown, Jem is suddenly saddled with an additional responsibilityto...
Author
Series
Gold seer trilogy volume 1
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 52
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
On a camping trip to Arizona with their grandfather, the Alden children search for a lost gold mine.
Author
Series
Superstition Mountain mysteries volume 2
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Returning to Superstition Mountain, the Barker brothers, along with their friend Delilah, soon find themselves entangled in more danger and mystery as they uncover a treasure.
18) Gold rush!
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Series
Oregon Trail volume 7
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A pioneer heads west on the Oregon Trail in search of gold, in a book where the reader's choices determine the outcome of the expedition.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-old Jacob and his eleven-year-old brother, Rich, enter an old ghost town, an eerie voice carried by the wind tells them to leave, but they ignore it and soon encounter terrifying, supernatural threats inside the town's old gold mine.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
In the "wild west" of an 1880s California gold-mining town, Angeline investigates the supposed murder of her father, a famous criminal lawyer, who she and her mother are certain is still alive. Includes historical notes and instructions for making a mask from muslin.
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