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Nine for California
By Levitin, Sonia & Smith, Cat Bowman
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-53109-527-0
- Publisher
- New York : Orchard Books, c1996.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 1996
K-Gr 3 When Pa writes from the California gold fields to say he's lonely, Ma resolves to take her five children and join him. Young Amanda tells about their 21-day journey west from Missouri, cramped into a stagecoach with three other adult passengers. Levitin has used travelers' journals and letters from the late 1800s to concoct an event-filled adventure. Slowly but surely, Ma's sack full of "everything we'll need" for the trip empties out as its contents saves more than one tense mom...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
