The Gold Rush

Shifting Sand and Dreams of Gold

When Papa, Liam, and Delia Kelly arrive in San Francisco in December of 1849, they’re shocked by the slapdash turbulence of the frantically growing Gold Rush city. They’d already lost Mama Kelly to cholera on the long ocean voyage from Boston, but when Papa goes missing soon after landing, thirteen-year-old Liam and eleven-year-old Delia must figure out how to survive on their own. Who knew that survival would involve frog catching, singing, and the kindness of strangers?

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