Title: Message in a bottle
Description: "When Julie visits Gold Moon Ranch, a farming commune in California's gold rush country, the back-to-the-land lifestyle seems idyllic at first. But peculiar problems keep cropping up, almost as if someone was trying to shut down the commune! Then, on a secret trip to an abandoned gold mine, Julie stumbles on a mysterious message that hints at long-lost treasure. Julie is desperate to find it, before danger closes in on Gold Moon Ranch."--Publisher.
Subjects: Historical fiction, Juvenile fiction, Nineteen seventies, Communal living, Gold mines and mining, Mystery and detective stories, Ranch life, History, Collective settlements, fiction, Gold mines and mining, fiction, Ranch life, fiction, Children's fiction, Communal living -- Juvenile fiction, Ranch life -- Juvenile fiction, Gold mines and mining -- Juvenile fiction, Nineteen seventies -- Juvenile fiction, California -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
Places: California
Time periods: 20th century