
Walk on Earth a Stranger
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Narrated by:
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Erin Mallon
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By:
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Rae Carson
Gold is in my blood, in my breath, even in the flecks in my eyes.
Lee Westfall has a strong, loving family. She has a home she loves and a loyal steed. She has a best friend - who might want to be something more.
She also has a secret.
Lee can sense gold in the world around her. Veins deep in the earth. Small nuggets in a stream. Even gold dust caught underneath a fingernail. She has kept her family safe and able to buy provisions, even through the harshest winters. But what would someone do to control a girl with that kind of power? A person might murder for it.
When everything Lee holds dear is ripped away, she flees west to California - where gold has just been discovered. Perhaps this will be the one place a magical girl can be herself. If she survives the journey.
The acclaimed Rae Carson begins a sweeping new trilogy set in Gold Rush-era America, about a young woman with a powerful and dangerous gift.
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THIS WAS SO GOOD!
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Great Book!
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Westward Ho!
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Lee Westfall can sense gold. The California Gold Rush begins and she cannot tell anyone about her gift. But, someone knows. Lee escapes with death dogging her footsteps in many forms.
This book never got boring. Lee's intelligence, compassion and courage kept me listening to the audiobook narrated by Erin Mallon who gives Lee a strong clear voice. My dog got a much much longer walk because of your book Rae Carson.
She can sense gold and the wrong someone knows
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wonderful story
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great story but the narration could be better
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But not long after this book started, I was delighted to discover that In Walk on Earth a Stranger was a fantastic, engrossing listen. The protagonist is a girl named Leah Westfall who has a secret gift that makes her coveted by her. To escape him and his plans for using her for his own gains, Leah takes on the guise of a boy in order to escape and strike it out on her own cross-country.
Potential Spoilers Ahead:
First of all, if you like a lot of magic in your fantasy, this is not the book for you. The only fantasy element in this book is Lee’s special power, her ability to sense gold around her, which will be a handy skill for someone heading west during the Gold Rush. But her "powers" don't come into play throughout much of the story, which mostly involves a lot of traveling. And more traveling...
Secondly, this is not a fast-paced, action-packed adventure story. This is a tale of survival, focusing more on the emotional journey rather than the physical one. Sure there are the toils and troubles that one would expect with a young woman heading west in a time where men felt women should be tending hearth and home. In this book, the focus is on the personal relationships forged in the fires of controversy and danger. Carson gives her audience intensive character development and in-depth relationships, so that the people you are introduced to in this book become your family. You cry when they do and rejoice along with them.
Thirdly, this is not a love story. While there is a hint of some kind of romantic feelings between Lee and her best friend Jefferson, the romance is on the back burner and the usual romantic drama doesn't cloud the story.
Rae Carson is a fantastic author with an incredible talent for weaving an intricate story. The vividness of her writing, makes you feel like you are living the events with the characters. And the characters themselves are so multi-faceted, each with their own good and bad points so that they seem all the more real.
Another nice thing about this book is that it can be read as a self-contained story. Of course, Carson leaves plenty of breadcrumbs along this journey to pick up for the later books, but she’s not leaving us with any burning questions or an infuriating cliffhanger. This is YA fiction done right.
Exceeded all expectations
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This was also my first audiobook and while it was strange at first I soon found myself getting lost in the story just as much as I do when I'm reading an actual book. The narration was well done.
Couldn't stop listening!
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Unfortunately this book does have a lot of period accurate racism towards Native Americans and African Americans so please be aware of that if you're sensitive to bigotry.
There were also some slow parts towards the middle followed by very intense moments of action which can induce some emotional whiplash. Lastly the ending felt a bit rushed but I'm sure the next book will pick up where it left off!
As for the narration I absolutely loved the tone of her voice and the soft accent that this narrator provided, but she does struggle quite a bit with male characters and they do end up sounding exactly the same, but it's not so bad as to ruin the audio or anything!
Great story (minus racism) and great narrator!
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Great story, beautifully narrated
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