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A Trail of Broken Dreams: The Gold Rush Diary of Harriet Palmer

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Harriet Palmer's mother has just died, and if that isn't bad enough, the children's caregiver is talking about taking her brother away. Harriet decides that she must disguise herself as a boy and travel overland to the Cariboo gold fields to find her father and reunite what remains of her family. But will her disguise hold out?

Audience
childrensyoung adultmiddle grade
Length
short · 168 pages

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