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Newsgirl / Liza Ketchum. |
| Authors: | Ketchum, Liza, 1946- |
| Call number: | jFIC KET |
| Publisher: | New York : Viking, 2009. |
| Publication date: | 2009. |
| Subject: |
Gold mines and mining -- California -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Gangs -- Fiction. Newspaper vendors -- Fiction. Historical fiction. Juvenile literature. California -- Gold discoveries -- Fiction. |
| Title: | Newsgirl / Liza Ketchum. |
| Physical description: | 327 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Summary note: | In the spring of 1851 San Francisco is booming. 12-year-old Amelia Forrester has just arrived with her family and they are eager to make a new life in Phoenix City. But the mostly male town is not that hospitable to females and Amelia decides she will earn more money as a boy. Cutting her hair and donning a cap, she joins a gang of newsboys, selling Eastern newspapers for a fortune. |
| ISBN: | 9780670011193 : 0670011193 : |
| Url for this record: | http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1230034 |
| Bib No.: | 1230034 |
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| Location | Collection | Call No. | Status |
| Central Library | Fiction, Children's - Non-Floating | jFIC KET | Checked In |
| Glendale Library | Fiction, Children's | jFIC KET | Checked In |