The runaway's gold : a novel /
Burack, Emilie Christie,
The runaway's gold : a novel / by Emilie Christie Burack. - 305 pages : map ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
"The protagonist of this historical novel, which is set in the Shetland Islands and also New York City around 1840, is Christian Robertson, a crofter and son of a crofter (small, struggling tenant farmer). When Christian's brother frames him for the theft of a bag of coins, Christian must leave home and embark on a journey to return the coins and clear his name"--
9781419713699 1419713698
2014029831
Emigration and immigration--Fiction.
Coins--Fiction.
Scottish Americans--Fiction.
Shetland (Scotland)--History--19th century--Juvenile fiction.
Shetland (Scotland)--History--19th century--Fiction.
Scotland--History--19th century--Fiction.
New York (N.Y.)--History--1775-1865--Fiction.
JUV PZ 7.1 .B87 / Ru 2015
The runaway's gold : a novel / by Emilie Christie Burack. - 305 pages : map ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
"The protagonist of this historical novel, which is set in the Shetland Islands and also New York City around 1840, is Christian Robertson, a crofter and son of a crofter (small, struggling tenant farmer). When Christian's brother frames him for the theft of a bag of coins, Christian must leave home and embark on a journey to return the coins and clear his name"--
9781419713699 1419713698
2014029831
Emigration and immigration--Fiction.
Coins--Fiction.
Scottish Americans--Fiction.
Shetland (Scotland)--History--19th century--Juvenile fiction.
Shetland (Scotland)--History--19th century--Fiction.
Scotland--History--19th century--Fiction.
New York (N.Y.)--History--1775-1865--Fiction.
JUV PZ 7.1 .B87 / Ru 2015