A review by kbfrantom
Into the Bright Unknown by Rae Carson

4.0

"A young woman lost all her family back home in Georgia and decided to pack up with some of her friends and come west to California to find gold. And she found it! She and all of her friends found fold and established the prosperous town of Glory, one of the jewels of our new state."

"I glance around at my own small community - Becky and the children, Henry, the Major, and most of all Jefferson. I have treasure richer than gold, if I have friends like these. And it's true; they have my heart."