Title: Staking a Claim
Description: A young Chinese boy nicknamed Runt records his experiences in a journal as he travels from southern China to California in 1852 to join his uncle during the Gold Rush.
Subjects: Chinese Americans, Diaries, Gold mines and mining, Uncles, Gold discoveries, California, Children's fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, California, fiction, Juvenile fiction
Places: California
Time periods: 1852