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Vengeance Road volume 1
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"When her father is killed by the notorious Rose Riders for a mysterious journal that reveals the secret location of a gold mine, eighteen-year-old Kate Thompson disguises herself as a boy and takes to the gritty plains looking for answers--and justice"--
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Gold seer trilogy volume 3
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When a dangerous billionaire intends to use Lee, her fiancée Jefferson, and their magical friends for his own nefarious ends, they decide to fight back before the landscape of California can be altered forever.
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Gold seer trilogy volume 1
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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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Goldtown beginnings volume 6
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The exceptionally harsh winter of 1860 in Goldtown, California, causes trouble for eight-year-old Jem and his family and friends, especially when wild animals come down from the mountains seeking food. Includes vocabulary list and historical notes.
8) Gold fever
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In this brief rhyming story set during the gold rush, Jasper leaves his family and farm to pursue his dream of finding gold.
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Hermann Kermit Warm is going to die. The enigmatic and powerful man known only as the Commodore has ordered it, and his henchmen, Eli and Charlie Sisters, will make sure of it. Though Eli doesn't share his brother's appetite for whiskey and killing, he's never known anything else. But their prey isn't an easy mark, and on the road to Warm's gold claim outside Sacramento, Eli begins to question what he does - and for whom he does it.
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Boxcar children mysteries volume 52
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On a camping trip to Arizona with their grandfather, the Alden children search for a lost gold mine.
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Goldtown beginnings volume 5
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In September, 1859, Jem learns that his beloved dog, Nugget, is a very rare golden retriever whose wealthy owner wants him back, but when Jem hides Nugget in the woods, danger awaits. Includes vocabulary list and note about rattlesnakes.
13) Over the moon
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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.
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Dog chronicles volume 2
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"In 1900, a dog named Murphy wants to help Sally and Mama build a new life in Nome, but life in the mining town is not easy. Can the three of them find a home--and maybe a fortune?"--