Walk on Earth a Stranger
Gold is in my blood, in my breath, even in the flecks in my eyes.
Lee Westfall has a strong, loving family. She has a home she loves and a loyal steed. She has a best friend--who might want to be something more.
She also has a secret.
Lee can sense gold in the world around her. Veins deep in the earth. Small nuggets in a stream. Even gold dust caught underneath a fingernail. She has kept her family safe and able to buy provisions, even through the harshest winters. But what would someone do to control a girl with that kind of power? A person might murder for it.
When everything Lee holds dear is ripped away, she flees west to California--where gold has just been discovered. Perhaps this will be the one place a magical girl can be herself. If she survives the journey.
The acclaimed Rae Carson begins a sweeping trilogy set in Gold Rush-era America, about a young woman with a powerful and dangerous gift.
National Book Award Nominee for Young People's Literature (2015), Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2018), California Young Readers Medal Nominee for Young Adult (2019), Spur Award for Best Western Juvenile Fiction (2016)
About the Gold Seer Trilogy Series
Books in series order
- 1.Walk on Earth a Stranger(2015)
- 2.Like a River Glorious(2016)
- 3.Into the Bright Unknown(2017)
Reading age: 13+ years
This series should be read in order.
A strong heroine, a perilous road, a fantastical twist, and a slow-burning romance. Welcome to the Gold Seer Trilogy.
A young woman with the magical ability to sense the presence of gold must flee her home, taking her on a sweeping and dangerous journey across Gold Rush–era America. Walk on Earth a Stranger begins an epic saga from one of the finest writers of young adult literature.
Lee Westfall has a secret. She can sense the presence of gold in the world around her. Veins deep beneath the earth, pebbles in the river, nuggets dug up from the forest floor. The buzz of gold means warmth and life and home—until everything is ripped away by a man who wants to control her. Left with nothing, Lee disguises herself as a boy and takes to the trail across the country. Gold was discovered in California, and where else could such a magical girl find herself, find safety?