Gold Rush Girl, Avi
Gold Rush Girl, Avi
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Gold Rush Girl

Author: Avi

Narrator: Sarah Naughton

Unabridged: 7 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/10/2020

Synopsis

Newbery Medalist Avi brings us mud-caked, tent-filled San Francisco in 1848 with a willful heroine who goes on an unintended — and perilous — adventure to save her brother.Victoria Blaisdell longs for independence and adventure, and she yearns to accompany her father as he sails west in search of real gold! But it is 1848, and Tory isn’t even allowed to go to school, much less travel all the way from Rhode Island to California. Determined to take control of her own destiny, Tory stows away on the ship. Though San Francisco is frenzied and full of wild and dangerous men, Tory finds freedom and friendship there. Until one day, when Father is in the gold fields, her younger brother, Jacob, is kidnapped. And so Tory is spurred on a treacherous search for him in Rotten Row, a part of San Francisco Bay crowded with hundreds of abandoned ships. Beloved storyteller Avi is at the top of his form as he ushers us back to an extraordinary time of hope and risk, brought to life by a heroine readers will cheer for. Spot-on details and high suspense make this a vivid, absorbing historical adventure.

About Avi

Avi is one of the most celebrated authors writing for children today, having received two Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards, a Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction, a Christopher Award, a Newbery Medal, and two Newbery Honors. He is the author of more than eighty books, including The Button War, What Do Fish Have to Do with Anything? And Other Stories, and The Most Important Thing: Stories About Sons, Fathers, and Grandfathers. Avi lives in Colorado.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Josiah on January 21, 2024

"(P)eople do not generally grasp the true value of reading: It is not to learn about others. It is to learn about oneself." –Gold Rush Girl, P. 7 Is it better to live in affluence under someone else's authority, or be destitute but control your own destiny? This is the question for thirteen-year-old......more

Goodreads review by Kris (My Novelesque Life) on March 16, 2020

RATING: 3 STARS 2020; Candlewick Press Please note that my eARC was not formatted correctly so I did feel a bit frustrated as I read the book. "TH" were omitted so I had to take a guess on words, which would not be so bad if one of the characters wasn't named Thad, lol. Tory Blaisdell's maternal aunt h......more

Goodreads review by Faith on April 13, 2020

Here's the thing. I have six--yes, really six--feisty daughters. So I love feisty, spunky heroines, really I do. (I wrote a whole blog post about them, in fact, three daughters ago.) I love surrounding my daughters with stories of young women facing with courage and resilience the obstacles life put......more

Goodreads review by QNPoohBear on July 08, 2021

Tory Blaisdell of Sheldon Street in Providence is the daughter of a wealthy banker and absolutely hates it. Like her favorite heroine, Jane Eyre, she's determined to be independent of her Aunt Lavinia's strict notions of ladylike behavior. She just has one major problem-she isn't allowed out on her......more

Goodreads review by Richie on May 21, 2020

Richie’s Picks: GOLD RUSH GIRL by Avi, Candlewick, March 2020, 320p., ISBN: 978- 1-5362-0679-1 “San Francisco is 49 square miles surrounded by reality.” -- Paul Kantner “Thinking of the one I love You know what I’m thinking of San Francisco days, San Francisco nights” -- Chris Isaak (1993) “Portsmouth Squa......more

Quotes

"[Sarah] Naughton's voice is enthusiastic, flagging only with Tory's spirits and portraying her disappointment when she discovers how filthy and lawless San Francisco is. But Tory bravely forges ahead, and with a light tone and brisk pace, Naughton keeps listeners engaged as Tory embarks on her adventure in the Wild West."
—AudioFile Magazine

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