24 hours in Nowhere by Bowling, Dusti 

BTSB Prebound(Sterling Children's Books, 2018)

BTSB #: 140458 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.2 MG RC: 4.4 3-5 Lexile: 610

Genres: Adventure Fiction

Subjects: Bullies - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Gold mines and mining - Fiction Adventure fiction

Summary: When Rossi Scott saves 13-year-old Gus from Bo the bully by giving Bo her prized dirt bike in Nowhere, AZ, Gus is determined to buy it back for her by taking Rossi along with his friends Jessie and Matthew on a treasure hunt in a closed gold mine with the hope their adventure will also be the way out of being stuck in Nowhere.

Jasper and the riddle of Riley's mine by Rose, Caroline Starr 

BTSB Prebound(Putnam, 2017)

BTSB #: 763922 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 4.6 MG RC: 4.6 3-5 Lexile: 750

Genres: Adventure Fiction Historical Fiction Family Life

Subjects: Adventure fiction Brothers - Fiction Runaway children - Fiction Gold mines and mining - Fiction Father-son relationship - Fiction Klondike River Valley (Yukon) - Gold discoveries - Fiction Alaska - History|y19th century - Fiction

Summary: Hoping to strike it rich, eleven-year-old Jasper and his older brother Melvin set out on a treacherous journey to Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush.

Mystery of the lost mine [Boxcar children mysteries Volume: #52]by Warner, Gertrude Chandler 

BTSB Prebound(Whitman, 1996)

BTSB #: 921066 Available

Dewey: FAges: 7-12   
AR: 3.5 LG RC: 3.2 3-5 Lexile: 510 F&P: O

Genres: Mystery Fiction Family Life

Subjects: Mystery fiction Gold mines and mining - Fiction Siblings - Fiction Arizona - Fiction

Summary: On a camping trip to Arizona with their grandfather, the Alden children search for a lost gold mine.

Walk on Earth a stranger [Gold seer trilogy Volume: bk. 1]by Carson, Rae 

BTSB Prebound(Greenwillow Books, 2015)

BTSB #: 195016 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-17   
AR: 4.8 MG RC: 4.5 9-12 Lexile: 740

Genres: Fantasy Fiction Adventure Fiction

Subjects: Overland journeys to the Pacific - Fiction Gold - Fiction Magic - Fiction Gold mines and mining - Fiction Disguise - Fiction

Summary: Book 1--Lee Westfall, a young woman with the magical ability to sense the presence of gold, must flee her home to avoid people who would abuse her powers, so when her best friend Jefferson heads out across Gold Rush-era America to stake his claim, she disguises herself as a boy and sets out on her own dangerous journey.

Walk on Earth a stranger by Carson, Rae 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2015)

BTSB #: P02903 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-18   


Genres: Fantasy Fiction Adventure Fiction

Subjects: Overland journeys to the Pacific - Fiction Gold - Fiction Magic - Fiction Gold mines and mining - Fiction Disguise - Fiction California - Gold discoveries - Fiction

Summary: Lee Westfall, a young woman with the magical ability to sense the presence of gold, must flee her home to avoid people who would abuse her powers, so when her best friend Jefferson heads out across Gold Rush-era America to stake his claim, she disguises herself as a boy and sets out on her own dangerous journey.