It’s the spring of 1851 and San Francisco is
booming. Twelve-year-old Amelia Forrester has just arrived with her
family and they are eager to make a new life in Phoenix City. But the
mostly male town is not that hospitable to females and Amelia decides
she’ll earn more money as a boy. Cutting her hair and donning a cap,
she joins a gang of newsboys, selling Eastern newspapers for a fortune.
And that’s just the beginning of her adventures. Participating in the
biggest news stories of the day, Amelia is not a girl to let life pass
her by—even and especially when it involves danger!
Liza Ketchum is the author of many books
for young readers, including Where the Great Hawk Flies, winner of the
Massachusetts Book Award for Children's Literature. She enjoys writing
nonfiction and contemporary novels as well as stories about the past.
She teaches in the MFA program in Writing for Children and Young Adults
at Hamline University and divides her time between Massachusetts and
Vermont.
Liza Ketchum is the author of many books
for young readers, including Where the Great Hawk Flies, winner of the
Massachusetts Book Award for Children's Literature. She enjoys writing
nonfiction and contemporary novels as well as stories about the past.
She teaches in the MFA program in Writing for Children and Young Adults
at Hamline University and divides her time between Massachusetts and
Vermont.
