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Boom Town
By Levitin, Sonia & Smith, Cat Bowman
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-53130-043-5
- Publisher
- New York : Orchard Books, c1998.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 1998
K-Gr 4 This charming companion to Nine for California (Orchard, 1996) shows how a California gold-rush town prospered and grew, all thanks to one girl's gooseberry pies. Amanda and her family arrive when the town is just "a stage stop, a pump house, a few log cabins." As her father pans for gold each day, Amanda becomes bored. She digs up an old skillet, picks some berries, and bakes a "hard as a rock" pie in the old wood stove. A few tries later, she gets it right and things start to chan...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
