River Girl

A novel about a girl who moved to the Klamath River Valley near Happy Camp, California, long ago.

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River Girl Needs a Repair Job!!

January 22, 2014 by Linda Jo Martin

My book needs editing!

Even though I had River Girl edited and critiqued by multiple talented people, there are still a few minor typos in there – things like quotation marks that are turned the wrong way! We can thank my amazing and watchful brother and his wife for finding these few errors. My brother read the Kindle version […]

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River Girl is Now at the Marble Mountain Gift Co. in Happy Camp

June 14, 2012 by Linda Jo Martin

Marble Mountain Gift Company, Happy Camp, California

[Update: I wrote this post in 2011… and now it is 2016. The book is probably sold out in Happy Camp stores, but you can find it online at Amazon.com.] As of today, River Girl is now available at the Marble Mountain Gift Co. at 19 Davis Road, in Happy Camp, California! It has been […]

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River Girl is available online at Amazon in paperback and Kindle editions.



In 1918 Claire Welch, age 9, moves from the San Francisco Bay Area to the coastal town of Eureka, far to the north. She must leave her dearest friend behind.

From there Claire heads toward a difficult life, traveling inland toward Happy Camp, a small town in the middle of a huge forest.

Near Happy Camp, in the Klamath River Valley, she faces the pain of loneliness and learns the true meaning of friendship.

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