In 1853, a 13-year-old California boy runs away to prospect for gold but is abducted by the infamous highwayman Joaquin Murieta and forced to accompany the robber band on a month-long tour.
year: 2009
call number/section: 1000
subjects: teenage boys, fiction, runaways, robbers and outlaws, adventure and adventurers, teenagers, california, history, fiction, 1850-1950