Author : Susan K Marlow
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,46 MB
Release : 2024
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780825442995
The Coulter family, joined by Strike-it-rich Sam, arrives in San Francisco with newfound gold, and as Jem anxiously waits for Nathan's recovery, he explores the San Francisco waterfront which leads to an unexpected adventure when he is kidnapped and taken aboard a merchant ship as a new cabin boy.
Author : Susan K. Marlow
Publisher : Kregel Publications
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 27,31 MB
Release : 2024-04-16
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0825463815
Is escape even possible when you've been shanghaied? Jem Coulter, his family, and Strike-It-Rich Sam journey to San Francisco with the newfound gold to see if surgery can fix Nathan's broken legs. The uncertainty of Nathan's recovery leaves Jem bored and worried, so he heads to the waterfront to explore. The merchant ships look exciting—where could they be sailing? A sailor's invitation turns into an unexpected kidnapping that forces Jem into the life of a cabin boy. Forced to eat awful food and filled with a fear he'll never see his family again, Jem wonders if he can escape by jumping ship. Join Jem on the deck as he navigates the rough seas.
Author : Susan K. Marlow
Publisher : Kregel Publications
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 24,1 MB
Release : 2013-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0825442958
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. An exciting follow-up to Badge of Honor (book 1), Tunnel of Gold will entertain readers ages 8 to 14 with its fast-moving plot and colorful characters, and teach them historical details about life in the post-Gold Rush days of 1860s California.
Author : Lois Walfrid Johnson
Publisher : Moody Publishers
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 24,71 MB
Release : 2013-03-25
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0802486525
Jordan escaped slavery once. Must he escape again? Ashadowy figure lurks on the dark riverfront near the Christina. Libby is sure that it must be the cruel slave trader Riggs, who has vowed that no slave of his will ever escape alive. Does Riggs suspect that the runaway Jordan is hiding on her pa’s steamboat? Track Libby, Caleb, and Jordan in the second book of the Freedom Seeker’s series as they race to keep Jordon free from the clutches of slavery. Libby and Caleb scan the crowds of passengers bound for the Minnesota Territory. Has Riggs slipped by and boarded the Christina unnoticed? From the golden age of steamboats, the rush of immigrants to new lands, and the dangers of the Underground Railroad come true-to-life stories of courage, integrity, and suspense in the Freedom Seekers series.
Author : Sid Fleischman
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,30 MB
Release : 1988-04-30
Category :
ISBN : 9780833513489
Jack and the butler stow away on a side-wheeler bound for California where they join the Gold Rush of 1849.
Author : Kathy Herman
Publisher : Multnomah
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 20,12 MB
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0307561968
Can You Ever Escape Your Past? At eighteen, popular Ivy Griffith likes nothing better than getting stoned with her boyfriend, Pete, and his basketball buddies–until one afternoon when a nightmare unfolds. Ivy watches in horror as her boyfriend and his friends murder a teammate and bury his body in a remote location. The four friends make a pact to keep the killing quiet, and Ivy flees her parents’ Colorado home for college and never looks back. Now, after ten years of numbing her guilt with drugs, she’s finally clean. The single mom of a seven-year-old son, Montana, Ivy returns home to the tiny town of Jacob’s Ear, hoping for courage to reveal the shocking truth of her past and be rid of this baggage forever. But when disaster strikes at her high school reunion, she’s the only one left alive who witnessed that fateful night so long ago…Or is she? Who else could’ve known about the pact and who would want Pete and his co-conspirators dead? As the investigation heats up and the death toll rises, Ivy is forced to decide if confessing the truth is really worth risking her own life.
Author : Andrew Lang
Publisher :
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 28,11 MB
Release : 1903
Category : Children's stories
ISBN :
Author : Susan K. Marlow
Publisher : Kregel Publications
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 19,11 MB
Release :
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780825493584
Twelve-year-old Andrea Carter has several frightening encounters after taking her horse, Taffy, and running away from her home at the Circle C Ranch. She begins to realize that there really is no place like home.
Author : Lois Walfrid Johnson
Publisher : Mott Media (MI)
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 49,93 MB
Release : 2009-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780880622776
Kate plans a birthday party for her stepbrother Anders and gets involved in the mysterious disappearance of items from the Erickson household.
Author : Miralee Ferrell
Publisher : David C Cook
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 47,97 MB
Release : 2015-03-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1434708969
A horse of her own would be awesome. But Kate figures that might be a long way away, especially since she had to give up riding lessons and move to her late grandfather’s farm. Besides, it would be a lot more fun to have a best friend to ride with. When Kate discovers a barn on their new farm that’s perfect for a horse, and a dusty bridle too, she starts to think that her dream might come true. Then she meets Tori at school, who is totally the best. So when they discover a thoroughbred that appears to be all alone, could it be the answer to her prayers? Maybe. If she can convince her dad ... and figure out what’s going on with that horse.
