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Ketchum, Liza

Literature & Fiction

Puffin

Illustrates the event which drew thousands of people to California and its effect on gold seekers, Spanish settlers, and Indian tribes

The Gold Rush

Little,Brown & Co

Collects the stories of eight women who influenced the development of the American west including slave-turned-wealthy woman Biddy Mason, Native American rights speaker Susette LaFlesche Tibbles, and Gold Rush pioneer "Klondike Kate" Ryan.

Into a New Country: Eight Remarkable Women of the West

History

Little,Brown

Describes how, in January 1848, gold was found in California and quickly caused the country's largest migration as people from all over the world left everything they had behind in the hopes of striking it rich in the West. TV tie-in.

Orphan Journey Home

How will they ever get home now?The year is 1828. Jesse and her family have left their failing farm in Illinois to return to Kentucky, where her grandmother lives. But everything changes when Mama and Papa both die a few days into the journey, and the four children arc left to finish it alone.The wagon trails are more dangerous than they seem, especially for orphans, who can be captured and "bound out" as servants until they are grown. Will the children make it back to Kentucky? And if they do -- will they find a home there?A spirited and stirring adventure story rich with historical detail, Orphan Journey Home charmed readers across the country through its first publication as a newspaper serial.

Trophy Pr

When Jesse's parents decide to abandon their Illinois farm and return to their first home in Kentucky, Jesse is happy at the thought of seeing her grandmother again. Her older brother, Moses, would rather travel west, where the prairie goes on forever. He hates the idea of returning to a slave state and joins the family only reluctantly. But just a few days into their journey, Mama and Papa both die of the milk sickness.
Now Jesse, Moses, and the two younger children are orphans, and must make the long journey on their own, in a pioneer world where orphan children can be bound out and forced to live as indentured servants until they are grown. Armed with a letter of protection from their father and the heart and will to survive, the children brave the wilderness. They don't know whom to trust. Will they ever find their way to Kentucky? And when they do, will they have a home?When Jesse's parents decide to abandon their Illinois farm and return to their first home in Kentucky, Jesse is happy at the thought of seeing her grandmother again. Her older brother, Moses, would rather travel west, where the prairie goes on forever. He hates the idea of returning to a slave state and joins the family only reluctantly. But just a few days into their journey, Mama and Papa both die of the milk sickness.Now Jesse, Moses, and the two younger children are orphans, and must make the long wagon journey on their own, in a pioneer world where orphan children can be bound out and forced to live as indentured servants until they are grown. Armed with a letter of protection from their father and the heart and will to survive, the children brave the wilderness. They don't know whom to trust. Will they ever find their way to Kentucky? And when they do, will they have a home?When Jesse's parents decide to abandon their Illinois farm and return to their first home in Kentucky, Jesse is happy at the thought of seeing her grandmother again. Her older brother, Moses, would rather travel west, where the prairie goes on forever. He hates the idea of returning to a slave state and joins the family only reluctantly. But just a few days into their journey, Mama and Papa both die of the milk sickness.
Now Jesse, Moses, and the two younger children are orphans, and must make the long wagon journey on their own, in a pioneer world where orphan children can be bound out and forced to live as indentured servants until they are grown. Armed with a letter of protection from their father and the heart and will to survive, the children brave the wilderness. They don't know whom to trust. Will they ever find their way to Kentucky? And when they do, will they have a home?

Orphan Journey Home (An Avon Camelot Book)

HarperColl

When a mysterious letter about her mother's death appears in Molly O'Connor's mailbox, she begins a search that turns her family upside down. Fighting her father's disapproval, Molly enlists the help of her stepmother and an older cousin known as "Crazy Sadie." As Molly gathers clues surrounding her mother's long-ago disappearance, she uncovers a family secret that explains her father's silence. Determined to know the truth, Molly's search leads her to California—and back in time to a gold rush ancestor.Sequel to the award-winning West Against the Wind.An ALA "Best Young Adult Novel."On Missouri's Mark Twain List.

Fire in the Heart

Backinprint.com

West Against the Wind

Fourteen-year-old Abigail Parker, traveling west in 1850, has a touch of "gold fever". A spirited rebel, Abby dreams of buying her own land and hopes to find her father, missing in California. Caught up in the danger and adventure of the journey, Abby befriends Matthew Reed, a mysterious young man who travels with a secret of his own. In the end, these two young people brave the wilderness alone in their struggle to save their loved ones from starvation. Honors for West Against the Wind include the Jefferson Cup Award Honor Book, Dorothy Canfield List and Iowa Teen Award list. For ages 10 and up.

Genre Fiction

Twelve Days in August

When Alex Beekman and his twin sister, Rita, move to town, Alex threatens sixteen-year-old Todd O'Connor's position on the varsity soccer team, as well as that of Randy Tovitch, the star striker. Randy starts a name-calling campaign, calling Alex "a fag" in order to force him from the team. As team members choose sides, Todd faces the loss of his girlfriend and learns a painful family secret from his beloved uncle. Will Todd cave in to peer pressure--or will he get off the fence and find a way to "do the right thing?"
"Terrific pacing and a real sense of what makes people tick." --Kirkus "Sports fiction gains a new dimension with this soccer-based tale of gay prejudice, hypocrisy, and competition." --SLJ Starred review. Selected for the ALA list of "Books for the Reluctant Reader."

Twelve Days In August

Teen & Young Adult

When Jesse's parents decide to abandon their Illinois farm and return to their first home in Kentucky, Jesse is happy at the thought of seeing her grandmother again.  Her older brother, Moses, would rather travel west, where the prairie goes on forever.  He hates the idea of returning to a slave state and joins the family only reluctantly.  But just a few days into their journey, Mama and Papa both die of the milk sickness.Now Jesse, Moses, and the two younger children are orphans, and must make the long journey on their own, in a pioneer world where orphan children can be bound out and forced to live as indentured servants until they are grown.  Armed with a letter of protection from their father and the heart and will to survive, the children brave the wilderness. They don't know whom to trust.  Will they ever find their way to Kentucky?  And when they do, will they have a home?When Jesse's parents decide to abandon their Illinois farm and return to their first home in Kentucky, Jesse is happy at the thought of seeing her grandmother again.  Her older brother, Moses, would rather travel west, where the prairie goes on forever.  He hates the idea of returning to a slave state and joins the family only reluctantly.  But just a few days into their journey, Mama and Papa both die of the milk sickness.Now Jesse, Moses, and the two younger children are orphans, and must make the long wagon journey on their own, in a pioneer world where orphan children can be bound out and forced to live as indentured servants until they are grown.  Armed with a letter of protection from their father and the heart and will to survive, the children brave the wilderness.  They don't know whom to trust.  Will they ever find their way to Kentucky?  And when they do, will they have a home?When Jesse's parents decide to abandon their Illinois farm and return to their first home in Kentucky, Jesse is happy at the thought of seeing her grandmother again.  Her older brother, Moses, would rather travel west, where the prairie goes on forever.  He hates the idea of returning to a slave state and joins the family only reluctantly.  But just a few days into their journey, Mama and Papa both die of the milk sickness.Now Jesse, Moses, and the two younger children are orphans, and must make the long wagon journey on their own, in a pioneer world where orphan children can be bound out and forced to live as indentured servants until they are grown.  Armed with a letter of protection from their father and the heart and will to survive, the children brave the wilderness.  They don't know whom to trust.  Will they ever find their way to Kentucky?  And when they do, will they have a home?

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The Gold Rush

Into a New Country: Eight Remarkable Women of the West

The Gold Rush

Orphan Journey Home

Orphan Journey Home (An Avon Camelot Book)

Fire in the Heart

West Against the Wind

Twelve Days In August

Orphan Journey Home