Title: Finding Fortune
Description: Angry with her mother, twelve-year-old runaway Ren finds an unusual boarding house in a nearby ghost town, Fortune, where she meets some interesting people and learns of a forgotten treasure from when the town was famous for buttons made of Mississippi River shells.
Subjects: Lost and found possessions, Lost articles, Dysfunctional families, Juvenile fiction, Family problems, Fiction, Runaways, Boardinghouses, Mystery and detective stories, Children's fiction, Boarding schools, fiction, Family, fiction, Runaways, fiction, JUVENILE FICTION / Mysteries & Detective Stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General (see also headings under Social Issues)