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  • Down the Yukon

Down the Yukon

Author
Will Hobbs
Publication Date
April 16, 2002
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  4th − 5th
Language
English
Down the Yukon
Description

The great race across Alaska!

As Dawson City goes up in flames, Jason Hawthorn itches to join the new rush for gold in Nome, 1,700 miles away. He and his brothers have been cheated out of their sawmill, so when a $20,000 prize is announced for the winner of a race to Nome, Jason enters. His partner in the canoe is Jamie Dunavant, the adventurous girl he loves.

Will they make it to the finish line, despite the hazards of the Yukon River, two dangerous rivals, and the terrors of the open sea?

Publication date
April 16, 2002
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780380733095
Lexile Measure
790
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
BISAC categories
JUV001000 - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure
JUV005000 - Juvenile Fiction | Boys & Men
JUV016000 - Juvenile Fiction | Historical | General
JUV032060 - Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation | Water Sports
Library of Congress categories
Voyages and travels
Contests
Gold discoveries
Racing
Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska)
Nome Region (Alaska)

ALA/Booklist

Readers looking for an exciting adventure won't be disappointed.

School Library Journal

A suspenseful trek over land and sea as the teens race the bad guys to the finish line.
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