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Author:
Ketchum, Liza, 1946-
Title:
Newsgirl / Liza Ketchum.
Publisher:
Viking,
Copyright Date:
2009
Description:
327 p. ; 22 cm.
Subject:
California--Gold discoveries--Fiction.
Gold mines and mining--California--History--19th century--Fiction.
Girls--Fiction.
Boys--Fiction.
Gangs--Fiction.
Summary:
In the spring of 1851 San Francisco is booming. 12-year-old Amelia Forrester has just arrived with her family and they are eager to make a new life in Phoenix City. But the mostly male town is not that hospitable to females and Amelia decides she will earn more money as a boy. Cutting her hair and donning a cap, she joins a gang of newsboys, selling Eastern newspapers for a fortune.
ISBN:
0670011193
9780670011193
OCLC:
(OCoLC)311783623
Locations:
BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)
SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)
MGPD463 -- Humboldt Public Library (Humboldt)
POSX851 -- Ballard Community High School (Huxley)
GKPC851 -- Huxley Public Library (Huxley)
LEPI975 -- Woodbury County Library (Moville)
LZSX115 -- Storm Lake Middle School (Storm Lake)

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