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Letters from the Corrugated Castle: A Novel of Gold Rush California, 1850–1852
309 pp.
| Atheneum/Seo |
May, 2007 |
TradeISBN 978-0-689-87077-4$17.99
(2)
4-6
An orphan from Massachusetts finds her long-lost mother, now a wealthy landowner, in San Francisco's hurly-burly Gold Rush days. Blos turns this romantic premise into a credible journey of self-discovery for thirteen-year-old Eldora, whose letters to her cousin Sallie convey a good sense of daily life and the diversity of the people thrown together during this historic period.
Reviewer: Margaret A. Bush
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2007