Sid Fleischman
Author
Series
California Gold Rush novels volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
A cabin boy on a pirate ship finds himself in San Diego in 1846 as war breaks out between the United States and Mexico.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When his father dies, Bo Gamage warily moves to the Mojave Desert home of his distant and estranged relatives, the Martinkas, and finds that "Mad" lives up to her name, PawPaw despises him, and Aunt Juna hopes he'll help search for the gold mine that started a family feud.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Description
It is raining bullfrogs. Inside the coach to Cricklewood sit a blacksmith, a thief, and an orphan boy named Touch. "The haunt, lad!" shouts the blacksmith suddenly. "If you want to see a live ghost, stick your head out the window. He's on the roof." That is Touch's first glimpse of the roguish ghost of The Great Chaffalo, a magician once celebrated for his trick of turning straw into horses. They meet again when Touch, fleeing from his wicked great-uncle,...