Walk on Earth a Stranger

By CARSON, Rae

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ISBN
9780062242914
Publisher
HarperCollins Greenwillow


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on August 1, 2015  |  Young Adult

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. 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. gold rush in the early 1800s. They lead a fairly frugal existence so as not to arouse local suspicions. 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 gol...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Magazine

Reviewed on September 1, 2015

The ability to divine gold is as much a danger as a gift in Gold Rush–era America, as fifteen-year-old Leah Westfall knows all too well. After her parents are murdered by a grasping uncle who knows about her secret “gold-witching” talent, Leah flees west from her family’s Georgia homestead, hoping to escape her uncle’s dogged pursuit. Disguised as a boy—a trope made fresh here by Leah’s well-established strength and competence—“Lee” makes her way to Independence, Missouri, where she finds work on a California-...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on January 1, 2015

In Gold Rush–era America, fifteen-year-old Leah's parents are murdered by a grasping uncle who knows about her secret "gold-witching" talent; ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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