Jason's Gold

Name: Jason's Gold
Rating: 4.190476417541504 (21 reviews)

Will Hobbs

Oct 2009 · Harper Collins

4.2

21 reviews

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"Gold!" Jason shouted at the top of his lungs. "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. The Dead Horse Trail, the infamous Chilkott Pass, and a five-hundred-mile trip by canoe down the Yukon River lie ahead. 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.

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. Book Council, 2000 Best Books for Young Adults (ALA), and 2000 Quick Picks for Young Adults (Recomm. Books for Reluctant Young Readers)

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4.2

21 reviews

A Google user

October 15, 2008

“Extra! Extra! Gold found in Alaska!” Jason shouts. Jason is selling newspapers and the lines are really long. Everybody wants to read about the gold found in Alaska. When there is one newspaper left Jason runs home. That is when Jason decides to go north and try to find gold. Jason is from Seattle. He jumps on a train and heads west to the pacific. The train stops and Jason hops off. Then Jason gets on a ship going to Alaska. Jason gets sick at open of the stops so they let him have a dog. The dog was to make him think about the dog and not his illness. After he got better they let him keep the dog. Jason named the dog King. They get to Alaska Jason is ready to go. Will Jason be able to find gold, or will he fail? I liked the book because it had a lot of adventure. I thought the book fan smooth. The only thing I did not like was that it started off slow, and gradually speeds up. The book is not part of a series. I would recommend this book to people who like advancer. Another author with advancer is Gary Palson.

A Google user

May 23, 2010

This is a fantastic book and I loved every second of it. I thought I would not like it but, it just sucked me into it. If you haven't read this book yet, I would hiley recremend it for you.

A Google user

March 12, 2011

This book can be better. The begging is REALLY boring and I was barely able to focus! Sorry, Hobbs! :-(

About the author

Will Hobbs is the award-winning author of nineteen novels, including Far North, Crossing the Wire, and Take Me to the River.Never Say Die began with the author's eleven-day raft trip in 2003 down the Firth River on the north slope of Canada's Yukon Territory. Ever since, Will has been closely following what scientists and Native hunters are reporting about climate change in the Arctic. When the first grolar bear turned up in the Canadian Arctic, he began to imagine one in a story set on the Firth River.A graduate of Stanford University, Will lives with his wife, Jean, in Durango, Colorado.

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