{"schema_version":"bf_book_companion_v1","release_id":"20261010T034321Z-reviewed-full-unique-works","book":{"amazon_purchase_url":"https://www.amazon.com/dp/0593385861?tag=bookfrontie00-20","asin":"0593385861","authors":["Shing Yin Khor"],"book_id":"9780593385869","canonical_url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/what-made-california-the-golden-state-life-during-the-gold-rush-9780593385869","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780593385869.jpg?v=c82c8f03d3b965ea","description":"Discover what life was really like during the California Gold Rush in this powerful graphic novel written by National Book Award finalist and Eisner Award-winning creator Shing Yin Khor and illustrated by Kass Gray. Presenting Who HQ Graphic Novels: an exciting addition to the #1 New York Times best-selling Who Was? series! Explore the Gold Rush from the perspectives of William Miller and Henry Garrison, two miners in the Sierra Nevada region, and uncover the often unrelenting conditions of the California gold mines. A story of community, determination, and the search for the American Dream, this graphic novel invites readers to immerse themselves into what life was really like during this pivotal period in American history—brought to life by gripping narrative and vivid full-color illustrations that jump off the page.","forthcoming":false,"isbn13":"9780593385869","publication_date":"20240402","publisher":"Penguin Young Readers Group","slug":"what-made-california-the-golden-state-life-during-the-gold-rush","subtitle":"A Who HQ Graphic Novel","title":"What Made California the Golden State?: Life During the Gold Rush"},"discovery":{"categories":{"all":[{"bisac_code":"JNF062020","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Comics History","score":0.7259,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"JNF062010","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Comics Biographies","score":0.7216,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"JNF025180","confidence_band":"medium","label":"State & Local History","score":0.7194,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"hint":[{"bisac_code":"JNF062020","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Comics History","score":0.7259,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"JNF062010","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Comics Biographies","score":0.7216,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"JNF025180","confidence_band":"medium","label":"State & Local History","score":0.7194,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"publisher":[{"bisac_code":"JNF062010","confidence_band":"high","label":"Comics Biographies","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"JNF062020","confidence_band":"high","label":"Comics History","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"JNF062040","confidence_band":"high","label":"Comics & Society","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"}]},"genres":[{"label":"Comics History","score":0.7259,"slug":"comics-history"},{"label":"Comics Biographies","score":0.7216,"slug":"comics-biographies"},{"label":"State & Local History","score":0.7194,"slug":"state-local-history"}],"reader_fit":["Readers curious about miners’ lives during the California Gold Rush","Readers who enjoy graphic novels with vivid full-color illustrations"],"related_lists":[],"series":null,"similar_books":[{"authors":["Michael Hiltzik"],"book_id":"9780358539346","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780358539346.jpg?v=ac90e5d41aaf448f","score":0.7299,"title":"Golden State","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780358539346"},{"authors":["Lauren Tarshis"],"book_id":"9781546137719","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781546137719.jpg?v=0959b2b2a7ec8b2b","score":0.6497,"title":"I Survived the California Wildfires, 2018 (i Survived Graphic Novel #13)","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781546137719"},{"authors":["Betty G. Yee"],"book_id":"9798765626900","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9798765626900.jpg?v=1e700c8d30e1cd81","score":0.6443,"title":"Gold Mountain","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9798765626900"}],"topics":[{"evidence_refs":["keyword:california books for kids"],"label":"Kids","score":1,"slug":"kids"},{"evidence_refs":["keyword:graphic novels for kids"],"label":"Novels","score":0.152,"slug":"novels"},{"evidence_refs":["keyword:graphic novels for kids"],"label":"Graphic","score":0.1371,"slug":"graphic"},{"evidence_refs":["keyword:comic books for kids"],"label":"Comic","score":0.1067,"slug":"comic"},{"evidence_refs":["keyword:comics for kids 6-9"],"label":"Comics","score":0.0528,"slug":"comics"}],"what_you_get":["Themes: Community and determination, The search for the American Dream, Unrelenting gold mine conditions.","Themes: Kids, Graphic, Comic.","Reading lane: Comics History and Comics Biographies."]},"llm_signals":{"confidence":0.88,"pacing":"unknown","reader_fit":["Readers curious about miners’ lives during the California Gold Rush","Readers who enjoy graphic novels with vivid full-color illustrations"],"themes":["Community and determination","The search for the American Dream","Unrelenting gold mine conditions"],"tropes":[]},"source_presence":{"amazon":true,"book_detail":true,"goodreads":true,"llm_signals":true,"similarity_seed":true},"stats":{"amazon_ratings_count":0,"goodreads_ratings_count":46,"goodreads_reviews_count":8,"quality_score":0.8537}}