Jason's Gold

<p>Gold! Jason shouted at the top of his lungs. Read all about it! Gold discovered in Alaska!</p><p>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. </p> <p>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 </p> <p> 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)</p>