Newsgirl
by Liza Ketchum
It's the spring of 1851 and San Francisco is booming. Twelve-year-old Amelia Forrester... read more
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- Grade
- 5-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
Year Published 2009
Word Count 69,714
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 640L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 132650, 10 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Girls
- California
- Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women
- California--Gold discoveries--Juvenile fiction
- California--Gold discoveries--Fiction
- History
- Gold mines and mining--California--History--19th century--Juvenile fiction
- Girls--Juvenile fiction
- Boys--Juvenile fiction
- Gold rush--Fiction
- Paperboys
- 19th century
- Sex role
- Gold mines and mining
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 19th Century
- Newspaper vendors--Fiction
- Gold discoveries
- Gangs
- Gangs--Juvenile fiction
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