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What was the Gold Rush? (What Was?)
Author: Holub, Joan

Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap (2013)

Dewey: 979.4
Classification: Nonfiction
Physical Description: 105 p., [16] leaves of plates, ill., maps, 20 cm

BTSB No: 461337

ISBN: 9780448462899

Ages: 8-12

Grades: 3-7

Subjects:
Gold mines and mining -- California -- History -- 19th century
Frontier and pioneer life -- California
California -- Gold discoveries
California -- History -- 1846-1850
California -- Social life and customs -- 19th century

Price: $15.89

Summary:
In 1848, gold was discovered in California, attracting over 300,000 people from all over the world, some who struck it rich and many more who didn't. Hear the stories about the gold-seeking "forty-niners!"

Illustrator:

Tomkinson, Tim

Accelerated Reader Information:
   Interest Level: MG
   Reading Level: 4.60
   Points: 1.0   Quiz: 157222

Reading Counts Information:
   Interest Level: 3-5
   Reading Level: 4.20
   Points: 4.0   Quiz: 60919

Common Core Standards
   Grade 4 → Reading → RI Informational Text → 4.RI Key Ideas & Details
   Grade 4 → Reading → RI Informational Text → 4.RI Craft & Structure
   Grade 4 → Reading → RI Informational Text → 4.RI Integration of Knowledge & Ideas

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