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    Adventure in Gold Town
    Adventure in Gold Town
    Adventure in Gold Town
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    Adventure in Gold Town

    By Deborah Hopkinson and Bill Farnsworth

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    The trip down the Yukon River from Lake Bennett to Dawson City is exciting and dangerous, but Davey's adventures don't end once he arrives at the bustling mining town. Dawson is overrun with sad-looking, abandoned dogs Davey longs to help, but what can a twelve-year-old boy do? And how will he ever find his uncle Walt among the thousands of people who have flocked to the Klondike in search of gold? Even more important, what will happen to him if he can't?

    But Davey's problems are forgotten when fire threatens to destroy the town. Will Dawson survive? And will Davey find what he's looking for among the ashes?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAladdin
    Release dateMay 11, 2010
    ISBN9781439113660
    Adventure in Gold Town
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    Deborah Hopkinson

    Deborah Hopkinson is the author of Small Places, Close to Home and Ordinary, Extraordinary Jane Austen, among more than fifty acclaimed works for young readers including picture books, middle-grade fiction, and nonfiction that help bring history and research alive. Deborah lives near Portland, Oregon with her family and a menagerie of pets. You can visit her online at www.deborahhopkinson.com.

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      Adventure in Gold Town - Deborah Hopkinson

      If you purchased this book without a cover, you should be aware that this book is stolen property. It was reported as unsold and destroyed to the publisher, and neither the author nor the publisher has received any payment for this stripped book.

      This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real locales are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      First Aladdin Paperbacks edition November 2004

      Text copyright © 2004 by Deborah Hopkinson

      Illustrations copyright © 2004 by Bill Farnsworth

      ALADDIN PAPERBACKS

      An imprint of Simon & Schuster

      Children’s Publishing Division

      1230 Avenue of the Americas

      New York, NY 10020

      www.SimonandSchuster.com

      All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form.

      Also available in an Aladdin library edition.

      Designed by Sammy Yuen, Jr.

      The text of this book was set in Palatino.

      Printed in the United States of America

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      Library of Congress Control Number 2004102671

      ISBN-13: 978-0-689-86035-5

      ISBN-10:   0-689-86035-8

      eISBN 13: 978-1-439-11366-0

      For Kathleen Clark, with love and gratitude

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      1 WAITING FOR THE ICE

      2 KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT!

      3 WHITE HORSE RAPIDS

      4 TROUBLE IN DAWSON CITY

      5 SOURDOUGH PANCAKES

      6 THE MARY ELLEN HILL MEMORIAL DOG SHELTER

      7 JOE TWO

      8 FIRE IN GOLD TOWN

      9 TRUE RICHES

      SOURDOUGH STARTER RECIPE

      AUTHOR’S NOTE

      Book Three of THE KLONDIKE KID Trilogy

      Adventure in Gold Town

      CHAPTER ONE

      Waiting for the Ice

      When I opened my eyes, it was just getting light.

      Today, I whispered, scrambling out of my sleeping bag. It just has to happen today!

      I grabbed my boots, being careful not to wake Erik. It wasn’t easy to get to the edge of the lake. I had to zigzag in and out through a maze of tents. Thousands of people were crowded here by Lake Bennett, all waiting for the same thing.

      And I wanted to be the first to see it.

      At last I reached the shore. Snowcapped mountains rose on either side of the long, narrow lake. As I scanned the surface, my heart fell. The water was still clogged with thick, slushy ice.

      Come on, sun! I grumbled out loud. Come out and melt this ice.

      Suddenly a heavy hand came down on my shoulder. Startled, I whirled around.

      A tall, burly man loomed over me. With his dark, dirt-covered clothes and bushy beard, he looked like a giant brown bear. The man reached over and ruffled my hair.

      Hey, Klondike Kid, you’re up early again. His voice was gruff, but Big Al’s warm brown eyes twinkled.

      It’s taking forever for the ice to go out, I cried. I was so sure there’d be a path of open water this morning.

      The ice had been breaking up for weeks. Every day it groaned and crackled, the sounds splitting the air like sharp cracks of thunder. Added to that were the noises of boat-building—crashing

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