It might be one I’ve read, one I’m reading, or one I haven’t gotten to yet, depending on what I feel like talking about that week. Ages 13 up.Thursday I’m going to be putting the spotlight on a book series and talking about it. Even minor characters are fully three-dimensional, but it's Leah who rightfully takes center stage as a smart, resourceful, determined, and realistic heroine who embodies the age-old philosophy that it isn't what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters. Carson's story is simply terrific tense and exciting, while gently and honestly addressing the brutal hardships of the westward migration. Disguised as a boy, Leah now Lee decides that her best chance for freedom is to travel to the newly discovered gold fields of California to get there, she must make a long, hard trek across the country with few resources. Leah has a magical ability to locate the precious metal, but her gift becomes a liability when she is forced from her home by a villain determined to control her and make himself rich. Fifteen-year-old Leah Westfall lives a happy life with her parents in Georgia during the waning years of that state's gold boom. Rae Carson, author of the acclaimed Girl of Fire and Thorns series, dazzles with the first book in the Gold Seer Trilogy, introducing a strong heroine, a perilous road, a fantastical twist, and a slow-burning romance, as only she can.Ĭarson (the Girl of Fire and Thorns series) launches her Gold Seer trilogy with a winning story set in 1849 gold rush America. Gold was discovered in California, and where else could such a magical girl find herself, find safety? Left with nothing, Lee disguises herself as a boy and takes to the trail across the country. The buzz of gold means warmth and life and home-until everything is ripped away by a man who wants to control her. Veins deep beneath the earth, pebbles in the river, nuggets dug up from the forest floor. She can sense the presence of gold in the world around her. Walk on Earth a Stranger begins an epic saga from one of the finest writers of young adult literature.
A young woman with the magical ability to sense the presence of gold must flee her home, taking her on a sweeping and dangerous journey across Gold Rush–era America. The first book in a new trilogy from acclaimed New York Times–bestselling author Rae Carson. A New York Times bestseller and National Book Award longlist selection
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