All That Glitters
By Emily Thomas
2014
First Published
4.32
Average Rating
277
Number of Pages
Part of Series
When a powerful storm blows through Blue Hill, Anne's children are rescued by a drifter named Jack Kendall. Anne doesn't want this stranger near her children, but they immediately grow attached to him, enthralled by stories of his adventures. Jack claims to have known Aunt Edie, but Anne finds his stories too outrageous to be true. Meanwhile, Ben and Ryan want to help raise money for their classmate Caden, who has leukemia. The town rallies around the family, who need help paying the medical bills. Inspired by Jack's tales of prospecting in Alaska, the boys begin searching the creek behind the library for gold. Soon they have a large collection of rocks flecked with shiny metal. Could they really have struck it rich?
Avg Rating
4.32
Number of Ratings
44
5 STARS
43%
4 STARS
45%
3 STARS
11%
2 STARS
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Author
Emily Thomas
Author · 23 books
Emily Thomas was born in London, and has lived there most of her life – except between the ages of 13 and 18 when she lived in Maldon in Essex on board a Thames Sailing Barge, with her family of seven assorted siblings and stepsiblings and two warring cats. Emily also works as an editor of many different kinds of books, including children’s and young adult fiction. She now lives in Brixton, with no pets and a lot of books.
