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Author: Jackie Hopkins

📘 The gold miner's daughter by Jackie Hopkins

Gracie Pearl, the daughter of a gold miner, faces a desperate deadline: by sundown she must discover enough gold to satisfy the rent demanded by the oppressive Mr. Bigglebottom. If she fails, the landlord will reclaim the family mine and force her into a marriage she does not want. The story follows Gracie’s frantic search, the challenges she confronts, and the stakes of losing her inheritance and independence.

First publish date: 2006

Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure

Authors: Jackie Hopkins

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