River Girl

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

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A blog for updates about the book, River Girl, by Linda Jo Martin. The novel is about a girl living near Happy Camp, California, in the Klamath River Valley, in the 1920's.

Claire’s Journey

March 20, 2017 by Linda Jo Martin

River Girl - a novel by Linda Jo Martin

Claire Welch was nine when her father decided to move the family to the Klamath River Valley. She didn’t take it well. Claire is the main character in the River Girl novel.

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Questions Children Ask Authors

February 13, 2016 by Linda Jo Martin

Questions children ask authors of children's books.

Here are my answers to questions children ask authors. If you have any other questions, I’d like to see them.

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River Girl by Kelley Mickwee, a Song

January 30, 2016 by Linda Jo Martin

River Girl - a song - by Kelley Mickwee, is on this album, "You Used to Live Here"

I have to say, I absolutely love this song, “River Girl” by Kelley Mickwee. It is a beautiful expression of life beside a river, like the Klamath River in Northern California.

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The Chinese Prospectors of Happy Camp

January 5, 2016 by Linda Jo Martin

Chinese Miners in California

At one time half the immigrant population of Happy Camp, CA consisted of Chinese prospectors. The 1880 census listed 597 citizens. 97 were Karuks, 250 were white, and 250 were Chinese. The Chinese lived in the area south of what is now Second Avenue, behind the Camp Mercantile building. At that time Second Avenue was […]

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River Girl’s Kindle Edition is Now Only 99 Cents

February 17, 2015 by Linda Jo Martin

99 cent sale!!

That’s right, I reduced the price of the Kindle edition to 99 cents. I hope that more people will read it, since the reduced price is almost nothing! Less than a dollar! It was always my intention to do that, and in the future when I publish novels they will probably start at the 99 […]

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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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