The Horn Book Guide

YOUNGER FICTION

Levitin, Sonia Smith, Cat Bowman, Illustrator

Boom Town

32 pp. January, 1998 | Trade ISBN 0-531-30043-9 | Library ISBN 0-531-33043-5

(2) K-3 To hear her tell it, young Amanda brought about the building of a whole town near California's gold fields in this sequel to 'Nine for California'. Amanda begins selling pies, and her business success spills over onto other folks, who decide to settle there. The matter-of-fact text (with its whiff of tall tale) and practical heroine demonstrate how personal ingenuity pays off, and the energetic illustrations are comic and informative.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.