Mercury

By Hope Larson

Subjects: Adjustment (Psychology), Family life, fiction, Behavior, fiction, Nova scotia, fiction, Cartoons and comics, Cousins, Teenage girls, Necklaces, Genealogy, Comic books, strips, Caricatures and cartoons, Fiction, Children's fiction, Man-woman relationships, Juvenile fiction

Description: Tara is forced to move in with her cousins after her house burns down. She faces a difficult adjustment while her mother is away trying to earn money. Interwoven with this story is that of Tara's ancestors, who in 1859 were convinced by a mysterious stranger to put all their money into searching their property for gold.