Bo at Ballard Creek | 
pickPublished: 2013
Bo at Ballard Creek is a story about a young girl who was adopted and raised by gold miners at the end of the Alaskan gold rush in the 1920s. Bo's story is one of adventure as she learns to live in an Eskimo village.
Awards: Scott O'Dell, ALA Notable Children's Books
This novel is about a young girl named Bo who is born in Alaska and is abandoned by her mother as a baby. She is then taken to an orphanage where she is adopted by two male gold miners where she grows up learning two languages, English and Eskimo. This story could be read by 4th-grade students but would also be a great read-aloud for any age group as it even has pictures included throughout. Scott O'Dell Award winner.
Bo at Ballard Creek by Kirkpatrick Hill is about Bo, an Alaskan orphan who was adopted and raised by two locals that teach him the Alaskan way.
This is a great read-aloud for younger readers to introduce the idea of the gold mine and historical fiction!
Would love to use this in my classroom someday!
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