Set amid the actual events and real-life heroes of the Gold Rush, this tale finds 15-year-old Jason rushing from New York to Alaska with a bad case of Klondike fever and encountering a slew of obstacles once he gets there.
Books for Reluctant Young Readers).
Book Council, 2000 Best Books for Young Adults (ALA), and 2000 Quick Picks for Young Adults (Recomm. 00-01 Tayshas High School Reading List, 01-02 Young Hoosier Book Award Masterlist (Gr 4-6), 01-02 Young Hoosier Book Award Masterlist (Gr 6-8), 01-02 William Allen White Children\'s Book Award Masterlist, and 01 Heartland Award for Excellence in YA Lit Finalist Notable Children\'s Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies 2000, National Council for SS & Child.
With help from a young writer named Jack London, Jason and his dog face moose, bears, and the terrors of a subartic winter in this bone-chilling survival story.
The Dead Horse Trail, the infamous Chilkott Pass, and a five-hundred-mile trip by canoe down the Yukon River lie ahead.
Read all about it! Gold discovered in Alaska! Within hours of hearing the thrilling news, fifteen-year-old Jason Hawthorn jumps a train for Seattle, stow away on a ship bound for the goldfields, and joins thousands of fellow prospectors attempting the difficult journey to the Klondike.
Gold! Jason shouted at the top of his lungs.
An ALA Best Book for Young Adults.
Set amid the actual events and real-life heroes of the Gold Rush, this tale finds 15-year-old Jason rushing from New York to Alaska with a bad case of Klondike fever and encountering a slew of obstacles once he gets there
