Xepherus Reads

  Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons,    W alk on Earth a Stranger is written by Rae Carson (better known for her Fire and Thorns trilogy) and published by Harper Collins under their Greenwillow Books imprint. It tells the harrowing and often touching story of fifteen-year-old Leah Westfall. It is 1849 and she and her family have made a decent living during the infamous Gold Rush years of American history. Her father and mother, Reuben and Elizabeth, provide her with love and affection. The Westfalls are happy, despite Reuben's growing illness. But Leah has a secret that only she and her parents know about- Leah has magical powers.    Blessed with the ability to sense gold anywhere, Leah has helped her father earn the nickname "Lucky". Even though her powers could bless them with a fortune, the Westfalls have settled on a decent and modest living in the town of Dahlonega, Georgia. Leah has a few friends at school, but she is not like the other girls....