| The California Gold Rush: An Interactive History Adventure Revised Edition Contributor(s): Raum, Elizabeth (Author) |
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ISBN: 1515742954 ISBN-13: 9781515742951 Publisher: Capstone Press OUR PRICE: $31.19 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - State & Local - Juvenile Nonfiction | Adventure & Adventurers |
| Dewey: 979.404 |
| Lexile Measure: 680 |
| Series: You Choose: History |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.3" W x 7.6" (0.55 lbs) 112 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - West Coast - Topical - Hi Interest/Low Vocabulary |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: You are a New Englander with a bad case of gold fever. Gold has been discovered in California, and you want to go claim some for yourself. Here's a chance to set off on your own quest for gold. Everything in this book happened to real people, but you are in control now and YOU CHOOSE what you do next. The choices you make could lead you to treasure or trouble. Will you strike it rich? |
Contributor Bio(s): Raum, Elizabeth: - Elizabeth Raum has written over two-dozen nonfiction books for young readers, including a biography of Louis Armstrong for Capstone Press. Over the years, she has worked as a middle school and high school English teacher, an elementary school librarian, and a college library director. Elizabeth Raum has written many nonfiction books for children. Two of her Capstone You Choose books, Orphan Trains: An Interactive History Adventure (2011) and Can You Survive Storm Chasing? (2012), are Junior Library Guild selections. Elizabeth lives in Michigan with her husband, Richard. |