Fortune's Journey

Name: Fortune's Journey
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Bruce Coville
ISBN: 9781470354657

Author: Bruce Coville

Narrator: Christina Moore

Unabridged: 5 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/16/2013

Categories: Children's Fiction

Synopsis

Keeping her promise to her dying father, young Fortune Plunkett is leading his acting troupe west. But fulfilling his dream of establishing a successful theater in San Francisco is an immense challenge for someone who is only 16. Since Plunkett's Players have joined a wagon train, they have had one adventure after another. Fortune has almost died in a fire, drowned in a flood, and slid over the edge of a cliff with their wagon. Despite the danger, she has managed to find romance with a stranger whose real identity will surprise everyone in the troupe. Set in the excitement of the gold rush era, this historical adventure is a creative take on early western expansion. Christina Moore's animated narration makes it a pleasure to tag along on Fortune's trip.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Karalyn on July 24, 2020

I remember reading this in middle school and it always left an impression on me throughout my reading life. It was fun reliving and remembering everything that happened in this story. I remember when Jamie and Fortune were the first couple I read about that I shipped and it became true and I remembe......more

Goodreads review by Anne on February 20, 2019

Light-weight and tidy but will appeal to 4th-6th grade girls interested in theater and wagon trains west. If you follow this with The Ballad of Lucy Whipple by Karen Cushman, you will be rewarded with better understanding of the personal tribulations of young people caught up in the western migratio......more

Goodreads review by Jess-Marie on March 29, 2019

I read this as an Accelerated Reader option in the 8th grade. While I don't remember much about the plot itself, I remember really enjoying it and flying through it fairly quickly. I definitely recommend for a quick and entertaining read.......more

Goodreads review by Eric on December 31, 2024

Me and my daughter sobbed. It might end up being my new favorite Bruce Coville book, beating out the Nina Tanleven books!......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on October 27, 2020

My Synopsis: Fortunes Journey is the tale of Fortune Plunkett a newly orphaned 16 year old actor, and her band of players journey west. After her mothers death, her father uprooted Fortune from the charms of Charleston to take them and Plunkett's Players on the road. Now with her fathers passing, For......more