Three Gold Nuggets is a historical fictionnovel set during the California Gold Rush, which tells the story of two brothers and afamily developing faith as they overcomeadversity and loneliness. The boys, Tyler agethirteen and Henry age eleven, lose their motherto cholera and their father to the seduction ofgold fever. The children are sent to live withcruel relatives. A runaway slave helps themescape, and they embark on an action packedadventure to find their father. Their cross countryexploits expose them to hostile Indians, bone-bleaching desert heat and gut-wrenchinghardships.