Title: Emma Snow
Description: Taken from Boston to California in the midst of the 1848 gold rush, twelve-year-old Emma and her clever ten-year-old brother Thomas are abandoned by their unscrupulous stepfather and must fend for themselves, in alliance with Pomo Indians.
Subjects: Fiction, Gold discoveries, Indians of North America, Pomo Indians, Stepfathers, Adventure and adventurers, Swindlers and swindling, Self-reliance, History
Places: California
Time periods: 1846-1850