Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory, 1849
By Kristiana Gregory
Interest Level
Grades 6 - 8
Reading Level
Grade level Equivalent: 6.1
Lexile Measure®: 790L
DRA: 40
Guided Reading: R
Genre
- Diaries and Journals
- Historical Fiction
Theme/Subject
- Changes and New Experiences
- Westward Exploration and Expansion
- Family Life
- Courage, Bravery, Heroism
- Honesty
- Moving
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About This Book
Susanna Fairchild and her family are on board a ship sailing from New York to the West, where they plan to start a new life in Oregon. But tragedy strikes when Susanna's mother is lost to the sea. Hearing stories of great wealth, Susanna's physician father decides he wants to join the hordes of men rushing to California to mine for gold.About the Authors or Illustrators
Kristiana Gregory is the bestselling author of many Dear America titles along with other books such as the award-winning Jenny and the Tetons. The Cabin Creek Mysteries are based on bedtime stories she told her sons when they were young and restless.
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