Twelve-year-old Lucy resents her family's move to a rough California Gold Rush mining camp but gradually finds her place and vocation.
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Twelve-year-old Lucy resents her family's move to a rough California Gold Rush mining camp but gradually finds her place and vocation.
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California doesn't suit Lucy Whipple -- not the name, not the place. But moving out West to Lucky Diggins, California, was her mama's dream-come-true. And now her brother, Butte, and sisters, Prairie and Sierra, seem to be Westerners at heart, too. For Lucy, Lucky Diggins is hardly a town at all -- just a bunch of ramshackle tents and tobacco-spitting miners. Even the gold her mama claimed was just lying around in the fields isn't panning out. Worst of all, there's no lending library! Dag digget...
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Sexual content
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Brief inappropriate touching of a teenage girl by an older man
Violence & gore
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Fights among miners and a suicide scene with visible blood
Profanity
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Miners frequently curse and use strong language
Substance use
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Miners drink alcohol in the camp
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Magic & witchcraft
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Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Themes of adapting to frontier life and community
Self-harm / suicide
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Depiction of a suicide with blood visible
Abuse & suffering
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Hardships of mining life and inappropriate physical contact with a minor
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