by Pam Berkman
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Text copyright © 2020 by Pamela Berkman and Dorothy Hearst
Illustrations copyright © 2020 by Claire Powell
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Book design by Debra Sfetsios-Conover and Rebecca Syracuse
Cover art has been rendered by hand and colored in Photoshop. All interior illustrations have been drawn by hand using pencil and graphite.
Jacket design by Debra Sfetsios-Conover
Jacket illustrations copyright © 2020 by Claire Powell
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Berkman, Pamela, author. | Hearst, Dorothy, 1966– author. | Powell, Claire, illustrator.
Title: Bo-Bo’s cave of gold / Pam Berkman and Dorothy Hearst ; illustrated by Claire Powell.
Description: First edition. | New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, [2020] | Series: At the heels of history | Audience: Ages 6–9. | Audience: Grades 2–3. | Summary: In 1852 California, stray mutt Bo-Bo and his friend, ten-year-old gold prospector Sheng, must risk great danger seeking a rumored treasure after Bo-Bo’s kindness leads Sheng into debt.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019031567 (print) | ISBN 9781534433359 (pbk) | ISBN 9781534433366 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781534433373 (eBook)
Subjects: CYAC: Dogs—Fiction. | Gold mines and mining—Fiction. | Chinese Americans—Fiction. | Swindlers and swindling—Fiction. | California—History—1846–1850—Fiction.
Classification: LCC PZ7.1.B457 Bo 2020 (print) | DDC [Fic]—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019031567