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Description edit
Grubstake is a grubby down-on-its-luck mining town filled with grubby down-on-their-luck miners. So when a decidedly nongrubby city slicker shows up and offers to buy the tapped-out mines, the miners are sorely tempted. But not Arley, the brash sixteen-year-old girl who runs the boardinghouse.... read more
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Characters edit
- Arley Pickett: A spunky young girl who finds herself in the middle of trouble.
- Everdeen: Arley's caretaker ever since her dad was blasted out of a mine. Owns the Spitoon.
- Morgan: The black clad stranger who falls in love with Arley.
- Bridget: Arley's best friend.
- Duncan: The man Arley thinks is the only one for her.
- Charles: A city slicker made of evil.
- Sidney Lockwood: A tycoon made of evil and mistrust.
Setting & Locations edit
Grubstake, Colorado
- The Never Mine: Arley's inherited mine that she never goes into.
- Spittoon
- London
- Denver
- Opera House
First Sentence edit
Six elephants could have gotten off the train and all Arley would have noticed where her beloved fresh stack of books.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jean Ferris (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books
Country: Usa
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 0152057064
Page Count: 272
Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books
Country: Usa
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 0152057064
Page Count: 272
Subjects edit
- Books › Children's Books › People & Places › Social Situations › Self-Esteem & Self-Respect › Fiction
- Books › Children's Books › People & Places › Family Life › Orphans & Foster Homes
- Books › Children's Books › People & Places › Girls & Women › Fiction
- Books › Teens › Authors, A-Z › ( F ) › Ferris, Jean
- Books › Children's Books › Literature › Humorous
- Books › Teens › Social Issues
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