"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. VERDICT Though the wagon train adventure is slightly cliché, the fast-paced plot, a hint of mild romance, and the added element of fantasy make this stand out from your average Gold Rush story.-Madeline J. The time period rings true through Carson's skillful use of language and attention to detail. At the crux of the story is Leah's dilemma of keeping her gender and talent a secret from those to whom she becomes close. All the while, she knows her uncle will stop at nothing to hunt her down. Lee, as she calls herself, is a smart, feisty, and likable protagonist who encounters all the hardships one would expect on the arduous journey West-illness, injury, hunger, exposure to extreme weather, and buffalo stampedes. Disguised as a boy, she leaves the only home she's ever known to reunite with Jefferson and join a wagon train. To make matters worse, a nefarious uncle comes to claim her parents' property and use her gold-seeking skills for ill intent. When her parents are robbed and murdered and her best (and only) friend, a half-white, half-Cherokee boy named Jefferson, leaves Georgia for a new gold rush in California, her world is turned upside down. They lead a fairly frugal existence so as not to arouse local suspicions.
She uses this skill to provide for her ailing parents, who live in an isolated part of Dahlonega, GA, the site of the first major U.S. Rae Carson, author of the acclaimed Girl of Fire and Thorns series, dazzles with the first book in the Gold Seer Trilogy, introducing a strong heroine, a perilous road, a fantastical twist, and a slow-burning romance, as only she can.Gr 6 Up-This riveting saga features 15-year-old tomboy Leah, who has an extraordinary talent, the ability to sense when gold is near. Gold was discovered in California, and where else could such a magical girl find herself, find safety? Left with nothing, Lee disguises herself as a boy and takes to the trail across the country. The buzz of gold means warmth and life and home-until everything is ripped away by a man who wants to control her. Veins deep beneath the earth, pebbles in the river, nuggets dug up from the forest floor. She can sense the presence of gold in the world around her. Walk on Earth a Stranger begins an epic saga from one of the finest writers of young adult literature. A young woman with the magical ability to sense the presence of gold must flee her home, taking her on a sweeping and dangerous journey across Gold Rush–era America. The first book in a new trilogy from acclaimed New York Times–bestselling author Rae Carson.
The buzz of gold means warmth and life and home until everything is ripped away by a man who wants to control her. A New York Times bestseller and National Book Award longlist selection She can sense the presence of gold in the world around her.
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