Carrie's Gold (American Dreams)

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Summary: All that glitters....
Review: Carrie Benson's life is not the fairytale existence she always dreamed of. She works in her uncle's mercantile, stocking shelves, and wears her beautiful cousin's cast offs. Carrie longs for something more than the poverty she lives in with her dreamer of a father, so, when he finds a new dream, the California Gold Rush, Carrie eagerly makes it a dream of her own and boldly begins the journey west with him.

The hardships of the trail are more than she bargained for. Dangers are around every bend: snakes, contaminated water, river crossings, quicksand, stampedes, and, certainly not least of all, a young medical student who makes Carrie doubt her golden dreams. But the journey there is only the beginning. The search for gold is back breaking and dangerous work and not nearly as profitable as they had hoped. But Carrie is consumed with her search for gold and security...to the point that her dream of riches may cost her her dream of love...

It's a really great book, even if it does not have as much romance as I had hoped it would. But it is full of adventure and is a very realistic look at the way the gold rush really was. It is interesting to watch Carrie grow from a child to a woman as she discovers what is really important. Give it a try.

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Summary: I COULDN'T PUT THE BOOK DOWN
Review: CARRIE'S GOLD IS ABOUT A POOR GIRL WHO WANTS HER FAMILY TO BE RICH. HER FATHER DISCOVERS THAT IN CALIFORNIA SOMEONE STRIKED RICH AND IS ON THE WAY TO FIND THE MONEY. ON THE WAY CARRIE MEETS LUKE. COULD HE BE THE ONE CARRIE IS WAITING FOR ALL HER LIFE AND IS MONEY MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE?

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Summary: Very Realistic, a really good book!
Review: Carrie's Gold is I think, my favorite book out of the American Dreams Series. Not only is it totally realistic, but the romance isn't that intense and out of line. Unlike other American Dreams books, it wasn't so overly kissy-dovey and while most of them feature a totally strong and good in every way kind of heroine, Carrie wasn't like that. I mean, she isn't like your perfect girl because she was very ill-tempered and jealous in the beginning, and how the author described Carrie made her very realistic. And the love story- it had real life difficulties and wasn't straight through, "I love you, let's get married." Overall, I loved this book and it had a very satisfying ending. I totally recommend it!