The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
Publisher: Tandem Library
Published: October 1999
Language: eng
Format: School & Library Binding
ISBN-13: 9780613073042
Subjects: Girls & Women; Historical - United States - 19th Century; Social Issues - Adolescence; Family - General; Historical - United States - General; Juvenile Fiction; Children's 9-12 - Fiction - Historical; California; Family life; Fiction; Frontier and pioneer life; Children: Grades 4-6
First sentence: "Mama," I said, "that gold you claimed is lying in the fields around here must be hidden by all the lizards, dead leaves, and mule droppings, for I can't see a thing worth picking up and taking home."