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Gold Mountain by Gwendolen Lampshire Hayden & Pearl Clements Gischler

Gold Mountain

By Gwendolen Lampshire Hayden & Pearl Clements Gischler
Level 4
Review:

The two children watched and waved until the figures grew smaller and smaller. At last the big, whitetopped wagon rolled slowly around a bend in the dusty road. Then they could no longer see their old farm.

Daniel and Betsy blinked their blue eyes before they looked at each other. Pa had said that they must not cry when they left their nice farm. They must be happy all the way down the wide valley and across the Cascade Mountains. They must smile as they went up, up into the Blue Mountains of eastern Oregon.

I give Gold Mountain top scores in every category: educational worth, literary merit, moral excellence, and entertainment value.

(Reviewed by Jenny Phillips)

Region North America, United States, Orgeon
Genre Fiction
Digital Format Audiobook
The Good and the Beautiful Library No
  • Hard to Find
  • 5 Entertainment Value
  • 5 Moral Value
  • 5 Educational Value
  • 5 Literary Value
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