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Boom Town

by Sonia Levitin · 1998

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After her family moves to California where her father goes to work in the gold fields, Amanda decides to make her own fortune baking pies and she encourages others to provide the necessary services—from a general store to a school—that enables her town to prosper.

Genre
historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of this
Setting
19th century19th centuryMore like thisLess of thisCaliforniaCaliforniaMore like thisLess of thisCalifornieCalifornieMore like thisLess of this
Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of thissocial sciencesocial scienceMore like thisLess of this
Audience
picture bookschildrens
Length
short · 32 pages

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