Gold rush girl
(Pre-loaded Audio)

Title from container.

"Playaway Kids."

Previously released by Brilliance Publishing, Inc., ℗2019.

Release date supplied by publisher.

Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player.

One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening.

Read by Sarah Naughton.

"Life in 1848 in Providence, Rhode Island, isn't terribly exciting for a girl like Victoria Blaisdell. Barred from going to school and forced to borrow books secretly from the library, Tory longs to live a life as adventurous and independent as that of her heroine, Jane Eyre. Then Tory's father loses his job and becomes so desperate to restore his family fortunes that he decides to seek a share of the newly discovered gold in California. Tory, eager to seize control of her own destiny, stows away on the west-bound ship carrying her father and younger brother, Jacob. Though San Francisco is mud-caked, frenzied and full of wild and dangerous men, Tory quickly finds friends and independence until her father leaves for the gold fields and the care of Jacob falls to her. But then Jacob vanishes, kidnapped, perhaps hidden among the hundreds of ships -- called Rotten Row -- that have been abandoned in the bay. If he is there, Tory must find him in a treacherous search. With spot-on historical details and riveting suspense, Avi spins Tory's tale as she comes dangerously close to losing everything in her quest for her own and her brother's freedom"--,Provided by publisher.

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