The Horn Book Guide

OLDER FICTION

Carson, Rae

Into the Bright Unknown

348 pp. | Greenwillow | October, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-224297-6 $17.99

(2) YA Leah and friends (Walk on Earth a Stranger; Like a River Glorious) leave their nearly incorporated gold-rush town of Glory, California, to visit San Francisco, where Leah's gold-sensing ability brings unwanted attention from unscrupulous businessman James Hardwick. An Oceans 11–esque climax--that rids the city of Hardwick, cements Glory's incorporation, and sees romantic satisfaction for many of the characters--leads to a well-earned, if rosy-hued, conclusion to the trilogy.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2018