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What Made California the Golden State?: Life During the Gold Rush: A Who HQ Graphic Novel -- Shing Yin Khor, Hardcover
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Discover what life was really like during the California Gold Rush in this powerful graphic novel written by National Book Award finalist and Eisner Award-winning creator Shing Yin Khor and illustrated by Kass Gray. Presenting Who HQ Graphic Novels: an exciting addition to the #1 New York Times best-selling Who Was? series! Explore the Gold Rush from the perspective of William Miller and Henry Garrison, two miners in the Sierra Nevada region, and uncover the often unrelenting conditions of the California gold mines. A story of community, determination, and the search for the American Dream, this graphic novel invites readers to immerse themselves into what life was really like during this pivotal period in American history--brought to life by gripping narrative and vivid full-color illustrations that jump off the page.
Author: Shing Yin Khor, Who Hq
Publisher: Penguin Workshop
Published: 04/02/2024
Pages: 64
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.70w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780593385852
Audience: Ages 9-12
Author: Shing Yin Khor, Who Hq
Publisher: Penguin Workshop
Published: 04/02/2024
Pages: 64
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.70w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780593385852
Audience: Ages 9-12
About the Author
Shing Yin Khor (they/them) is the author-illustrator of The Legend of Auntie Po, the Eisner-winning and National Book Award finalist graphic novel about a young logging camp cook in the Sierra Nevada telling Paul Bunyan tales, and of The American Dream?, a graphic novel memoir about driving Route 66. They tell stories about nostalgic Americana, immigration, and new rituals. They live in Los Angeles with a small dog and a cargo van.
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Ages 9-12, Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Graphic Novels, Comics & Graphic Novels, Grades 1-3, Grades 6-8, Graphic novels, Hardcover, History, Juvenile Nonfiction, Kass Gray, Penguin Workshop, Shing Yin Khor, Social Topics, Who HQ Graphic NovelsContact form
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