Jason's Gold by Will Hobbs
	List Price:   $5.99 Unit Price:   $4.79 You Save:   $1.20 (20%) ISBN-10:   0380729148 ISBN-13:   9780380729142 Publisher:   HarperCollins Category:   Middle School Pub. Date:   October 2000 Pages:   240 Format:   Paperback Ages:   10 and up
Awards
2000  Spur Awards (USA)  Nominee/Honoree  2001  Bluegrass Award (USA)  Nominee/Honoree  2001  Children's Book Award (Rhode Island) (USA)  Nominee/Honoree  2001  Great Stone Face Children's Book Award (USA)  Nominee/Honoree  2002  Evergreen Young Adult Book Award (USA)  Nominee/Honoree
Subjects
CHILDREN GOLD MINES AND MINING_FICTION ALASKA_FICTION KLONDIKE GOLD FIELDS_FICTION ORPHANS_FICTION VOYAGES AND TRAVELS_FICTION
Description/Notes
"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) Within hours of hearing that gold has been discovered in Alaska, Jason Hawthorn is rushing west from New York City with a bad case of Klondike fever, and he encounters perilous obstacles on his westward journey. This bone-chilling saga is set amid actual events and features real-life heroes of the Klondike gold rush.