Dear Canada: A Trail of Broken Dreams- The Gold Rush Diary of Harriet Palmer, Overland to the Cariboo, 1862

Still reeling from the death of her mother, Harriet sets out on a dangerous journey — disguised as a boy, since no "petticoats" are allowed on the trip — determined to find her missing father in the gold fields of British Columbia's Cariboo. The journey itself is incredibly difficult, and Harriet still has to find her father before the winter snows close down the entire Williams Creek area. Will she be able to find him, or will her journey be for nothing? Harriet Palmer's mother has just died, and if that isn't bad enough, the children's caregiver is talking about taking her brother away. Harriet decides that she must disguise herself as a boy and travel overland to the Cariboo gold fields to find her father and reunite what remains of her family. But will her disguise hold out? Harriet must travel across the harsh, unwelcoming country disguised as a boy to try to find her father