Down the Yukon

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?

Author: Will Hobbs
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 04/16/2002
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.32lbs
Size: 7.74h x 5.18w x 0.49d
ISBN: 9780380733095

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.4
Point Value: 7
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 48325 / Down the Yukon


Review Citation(s):
Kliatt 07/01/2002 pg. 20

About the Author
Hobbs, Will: -

Will Hobbs is the award-winning author of nineteen novels, including Far North, Crossing the Wire, and Take Me to the River.

Never Say Die began with the author's eleven-day raft trip in 2003 down the Firth River on the north slope of Canada's Yukon Territory. Ever since, Will has been closely following what scientists and Native hunters are reporting about climate change in the Arctic. When the first grolar bear turned up in the Canadian Arctic, he began to imagine one in a story set on the Firth River.

A graduate of Stanford University, Will lives with his wife, Jean, in Durango, Colorado.