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Little House on the Prairie meets the Oregon trail

Walk on Earth a Stranger by Rae Carson

July 5, 2017 by Malin Leave a Comment

3.5 stars Leah “Lee” Westfall lives on a small farm in Georgia, trying to make ends meet with her parents. The only reason they’re really managing to survive at all, is Lee’s unusual ability, she can sense gold. It calls to her and is the reason her father is known in town as “Lucky”. No one but her parents know about her gift, or so Lee believed. Then she comes home from town one day to discover both of her parents shot (her mother is still just barely alive, and warns Leah to be careful with her last breaths) and […]

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7/5/2017 Malin's CBR9 Review No:64 |
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| Tags: cbr9, Gold rush, historical fiction, late 19th Century America, Malin, rae carson, The Gold Seer trilogy, walk on earth a stranger, western, Young Adult | Category: Fiction, History, Western, Young Adult | 0 Comments

As good as gold

Walk on Earth a Stranger by Rae Carson

April 4, 2016 by yesknopemaybe 5 Comments

I think this book was on several best of YA lists last year and it ended up on my TBR list without me knowing much about it. When I got it from the library and realized it was a pioneer story, I honestly didn’t expect much. My parents were mormons and therefore obsessed with tales of pioneers, so my childhood was inundated with it. I was definitely not into it. Anyway, all this to say that I wasn’t really excited for this book, but decided to give it a try. I’m very glad I did! Maybe my avoidance of pioneers […]

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4/4/2016 yesknopemaybe's CBR8 Review No:26 |
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| Tags: Fiction, gold seer trilogy, historical fiction, rae carson, walk on earth a stranger, Young Adult | Category: Fantasy, Fiction | 5 Comments


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