A Trail of Broken Dreams: The Gold Rush Diary of Harriet Palmer

By Barbara Haworth-Attard

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439974054
• ISBN13: 9780439974059
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Scholastic Canada
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Another great addition to the Dear Canada series.

Twelve-year-old Harriet Palmer's father left several months ago to join the 1862 Cariboo Gold Rush, leaving his family behind at a fort halfway along the way. Now Harriet's mother has died after a difficult childbirth, along with the new baby, and Harriet has no way to support her ten-year-old brother William and four-year-old sister Luella. The three siblings are taken in by the Owens, a childless couple who live at the fort,...