If you ever get to see the golden hills of CA, then I highly recommend the book The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley. This is one of my all-time favorite books. It's a young adult fantasy book that I read as a teen, and, unlike so many YA books, I read as an adult and continue to value. The language, characterization, and plot are all sophisticated though appropriate for teens, and yet they are compelling and interesting for adults.
The reason I recommend this book for California is because Harry, the main character, lives in a world similar to ours--but not (there's magic). She is kidnapped from her Victorian-esque colony and eventually trained as a warrior by her Arabic-esque captors (think Lawerence of Arabia). The setting of this novel takes place in a desert colony and the bordering "hills." I had such a hard time picturing this environ but driving through CA, the setting finally made sense. The hills weren't PA hills; instead, they are lush, overwhelming mountains and valleys, dry and barren and yet so awe-inspiring.
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