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The Coulter family, joined by Strike-it-rich Sam, arrives in San Francisco with newfound gold, and as Jem anxiously waits for Nathan's recovery, he explores the San Francisco waterfront which leads to an unexpected adventure when he is kidnapped and taken aboard a merchant ship as a new cabin boy.

When Nathan breaks multiple bones in his legs, Jem and Sam embark on a preilous journey to recover lost gold at the bottom of a mountain valley to raise the funds needed for a skilled surgeon to save Nathan's legs and enable him to walk again.

Race into adventure with Andrea Carter! Meet beloved frontier heroine Andrea Carter--better known to her friends as Andi. She's the spunky youngest daughter on the Circle C ranch, and her life is full of adventure! Now readers ages 6-8 can join in all the fun at once with this brand-new set of Andi's early adventures. Popular author Susan K. Marlow introduces first- and second-grade readers to six-year-old Andi, who is eager to grow up and exp...

Andi's adventures don't stop in her teen years! Andrea Carter is growing up-but her adventurous spirit isn't going anywhere! Set on a sprawling ranch in the Old West of the 1880s, this young adult series by popular author Susan K. Marlow is high on action, danger, and drama, and full of appealing characters readers love. And now all six books are available for the first time in a complete set. Fourteen-year-old Andi is getting ready for Taffy'...

How will new parents Andi and Riley Prescott fare when old friends and enemies reenter their lives, bringing new adventures along with them?

Andi Prescott and her husband Riley's first year of marriage is full of adventure from their honeymoon in Yosemite and the holdup that happens on the way to their new home on Memory Creek ranch"--Provided by publisher.

Readers ages 6-8 have gold fever! Goldtown, California, in the 1800s is at the heart of the gold rush . . . and young Jem Coulter and his family are right in the middle of the action. And, boy, is there ever a lot of action!

The exceptionally harsh winter of 1860 in Goldtown, California, causes trouble for eight-year-old Jem and his family and friends, especially when wild animals come down from the mountains seeking food. Includes vocabulary list and historical notes.

In September, 1859, Jem learns that his beloved dog, Nugget, is a very rare golden retriever whose wealthy owner wants him back, but when Jem hides Nugget in the woods, danger awaits. Includes vocabulary list and note about rattlesnakes.

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Jem is turning eight years old. And there's just one thing he wants for his birthday: a prospecting trip with Strike-it-rich Sam. With his grown-up friend to watch out for him, Jem's parents say yes. It's off for two weeks in the mountains to find gold! But this trip isn't going as planned. There are more tall tales from Sam than there are deep pockets of gold ore. And the map to rich diggings they brought along doesn't have any treasure at th...

Jem can't wait for school to let out for the year. Is there anything more boring than class when you could be outside? When rich boy Will brings a coin collection to school, it's an exciting treat. It isn't often the students get to see all that interesting money in one place. Then a silver dollar goes missing during recess and Jem is blamed! After all, he's the only one who went indoors on this sunny day. When a charm bracelet is stolen the n...

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Seven-year-old Jem Coulter's family is trying to make a go of it in Goldtown, with Pa panning for gold and Mama baking pies and washing laundry to make ends meet. Jem and his little sister, Ellie, do everything they can to help out. But it's hard to help when Will Sterling, a rich boy with a mean streak, picks on Jem every time he runs errands for Mama. When Will's antics end up ruining the pies, Jem's had enough. No pies means no money for th...

Jem needs to buy food for his dog, Gold Nugget. But try as he may, his panning just never leads to gold. When he asks for a job, Mr. Sims, the cafâe owner, sends him out to catch bullfrogs for the menu. Money and frog catching--what a great solution for this active boy! But Nugget and Jem's little sister, Ellie, get in the way and ruin his plans. When he argues with Ellie, she stomps off in a huff, and Jem can get back to work. He heads home w...

When a winter flood submerges the streets of Fresno, the town has no choice but to close the school for repairs. Andi couldn't be happier. She plans to spend her unexpected holiday out on the range with her palomino mare, Taffy. But Andi's dreams are dashed when she's sent to San Francisco--doomed to spend the rest of the winter at Miss Whitaker's Academy for Young Ladies. Andi doesn't know how she'll endure two months of city life until she's...

When Fresno is hit with an unexpected outbreak of deadly scarlet fever, Andi Carter is scared. Her town friends are getting sick and school is closed until it passes. Far from the danger, at least Andi has her horse Taffy and plenty of work on the Circle C ranch to distract her. But is she really safe? First one ranch hand, then two, and then her brother Mitch fall ill. Mother is convinced that the only way to protect Andi from this terrible d...

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Andi's carefree life is shattered by the arrival of strangers who hold the key to a shocking family secret from the past.

Everywhere twelve-year-old Andrea Carter goes, trouble follows. Even in the middle of the main street in Fresno, California. When Andi takes part in a reckless, impromptu horse race with her friend Cory, she nearly tramples her new teacher--not a good way to start the fall term! And that mishap is only the beginning. Good intentions just aren't enough to keep Andi out of trouble. When an escaped prisoner forces his way into the schoolroom, And...