Jason's Gold

Within hours of hearing that gold has been discovered in Alaska, fifteen-year-old Jason Hawthorn is rushing west from New York City with a bad case of Klondike fever. Jason stows away on an Alaskabound ship, then must confront the Dead Horse Trail, the infamous Chilkoot Pass, and the terrors of a subarctic winter on his perilous westward journey. This bone-chilling saga of courage, friendship, and survival is set amid the actual events and features the real-life heroes of the Klondike gold rush.