Newsgirl

Ketchum, Liza, 1946-

Book 2009

In the spring of 1851 San Francisco is booming. 12-year-old Amelia Forrester has just arrived with her family in Phoenix City. But the mostly male town is not that hospitable to females. Cutting her hair and donning a cap, she joins a gang of newsboys, selling Eastern newspapers for a fortune.

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