In chapter 1 of "The Ballad of Lucy Whipple," 12-year-old California Morning "Lucy" Whipple's life is upended when her family moves from Massachusetts to the rough gold-mining town of Lucky Diggins in California during the Gold Rush. Lucy struggles to adapt to the new environment and resents her mother's desire to build a new life there.
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