num_pages: 272
description: Grubstake is a grubby down-on-its-luck mining town filled with grubby down-on-their-luck miners. So when a decidedly nongrubby city slicker shows up and offers to buy the tapped-out mines, the miners are sorely tempted. But not Arley, the brash sixteen-year-old girl who runs the boardinghouse. No, Arley smells a rat. What could some fancy-britches rascal want with empty mines? Is there more in those desolate pits than the Grubs realize? Like Jean Ferris’s popular Once Upon a Marigold, this lighthearted, endearingly goofy story is packed with quirky, lovable characters and piercing insights.
language: English
title: Much Ado About Grubstake
titlecomplete: Much Ado About Grubstake
genres: Adventure, Mystery, Childrens, Teen, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Romance, Historical Fiction, Westerns, Fiction
ratings_count: 304
publisher: Clarion Books