The runaway's gold
Subtitle: a novel
By: by Emilie Christie Burack
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
ISBN-13: 9781419713699
Subjects: History; Treasure troves; Scottish Americans; Emigration and immigration; Juvenile fiction; Coins; Fiction
Description: "The protagonist of this historical novel, which is set in the Shetland Islands and also New York City around 1840, is Christopher Robertson, a crofter and son of a crofter (small, struggling tenant farmer). When Christopher's brother frames him for the theft of a bag of coins, Christopher must leave home and embark on a journey to return the coins and clear his name"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Reading Counts RC 6-8 5.5 65927.

Accelerated Reader AR 5.5 10.0 173716.

A Junior Library Guild Selection.