Georgia Children's Book Award
2003 · Children's Book (Grades 4 - 8) · Nominee
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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.
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.
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Iowa Teen Award
2003 · Young Adult · Nominee
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award
2003 · Grades 4-8 · Nominee
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award
2003 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
Colorado Blue Spruce Award
2002 · Young Adult · Nominee
Black-Eyed Susan Award
2001 · Grades 6-9 · Nominee
Sequoyah Book Award
2001 · Young Adult · Nominee
Spur Award
2000 · Western Juv Fic · Nominee
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