Title: The runaway's gold
Description: "The protagonist of this historical novel, which is set in the Shetland Islands and also New York City around 1840, is Christopher Robertson, a crofter and son of a crofter (small, struggling tenant farmer). When Christopher's brother frames him for the theft of a bag of coins, Christopher must leave home and embark on a journey to return the coins and clear his name"--
Subjects: History, Treasure troves, Scottish Americans, Emigration and immigration, Juvenile fiction, Coins, Fiction, Children's fiction, Scotland, history, fiction, New york (n.y.), history, fiction, Emigration and immigration, fiction, Coins, fiction
Places: Shetland (Scotland), New York (N.Y.), Scotland, Shetland
Time periods: 1775-1865, 19th century