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Moonshiner's Gold

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By John R. Erickson; John R. Erickson
Publisher Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated - (Viking Juvenile)
Moonshiner's Gold
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When fourteen year old Riley sees smoke coming from a deserted canyon, he and his younger brother go to investigate and discover moonshiners have set up a still on their property! The boys and their mother live alone on the Texas ranch, and they know theyre in big trouble when even the law refuses to help. Things get even stranger when Riley discovers a sack of gold hidden in the coal stove at his schoolhouse. But then Grampa shows up, determined to outwit the outlaws. Together the family sets off on a journey to find the truth and unravels a mysterious web of crime bigger than anything they could have imagined. Readers who enjoyed John Ericksons Hank the Cowdog books will be engrossed by this adventure set in the Old West.

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43321 words43,321 words
208 pages208 pages
Lexile 640LLexile 640L
Grade 5 to 8Grade 5 to 8
Published 2001Published 2001

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Book ISBN:

9780670035021

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