By The Great Horn Spoon
About this book
For fans of the I Survived series, this classic rollicking adventure about the California Gold Rush and one determined twelve-year-old has sold nearly a million copies!
When Jack's aunt is forced to sell her beloved mansion but is still unable to raise enough money to pay her debts, the twelve-year-old goes to California in search of gold to help her. Joined by his trusty butler, Praiseworthy, Jack finds adventure and trouble at every turn. Will Jack strike gold in San Francisco or come home empty-handed?
Subjects
- adventure
- braille books
- california
- california, fiction
- children's fiction
- children's literature
- comedy
- courage
- découvertes d'or
- descubrimientos de oro
- determination
- family
- fiction
- fiction, general
- friendship
- gold discoveries
- gold mines and mining
- gold rush
- historical fiction
- history
- humorous stories
- juvenile fiction
- materiales en español
- minas de oro
- mines et extraction
- novela juvenil
- or
- orphans
- romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- spanish language materials
- specimens
- stowaways
- western