
Chasing Gold
Gillian Richardson(Author)
G M Richardson (Publisher)
Published on 29. June 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
66 pages
978-1-7772872-7-6 (ISBN)
Description
Ten-year old Millie Powell's father, a Klondike Gold Rush stampeder, is missing. Millie and her mother arrive in Dyea, Alaska in November 1897 to search for him. Devastated to learn of his accidental death, Millie wants only to return home to Victoria. While her mother works to earn money for their passage, Millie resents the difficult living conditions and fears they'll never leave Dyea. She struggles to find a sense of belonging until she meets a young friend, Thomas, and his dog Rosie. When Thomas heads up the Chilkoot trail with his uncles, he leaves Rosie in Millie's care until spring.
Disaster strikes in April - an avalanche kills many climbers on the trail. The tragic reminder of how Millie's father died prompts her mother to decide it's time to go home. Activity in Dyea slows once the gold seekers move on, but Millie has found reasons to stay. As departure time looms, she plots to persuade her mother to relocate instead to the growing town of Skagway, and to embrace their new way of life.
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Language
English
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 9 to 12 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
97 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-7772872-7-6 (9781777287276)
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A passion for reading about nature, science, and history led Gillian Richardson to write over 20 children's books, including both fiction (novels, picture books, chapter books, short stories), and nonfiction. Bestsellers, Kaboom! Explosions of All Kinds, and 10 Plants That Shook the World, won international awards. Recent ebook publications include Ollie Buggins, Detective? and Take Me With You (chapter books for ages 6-8), An Instinct for Survival: ten nature adventures (a collection of short stories for ages 9-12) and Seasons at Shiregreene (a memoir for older readers). Now, this former Teacher-Librarian and writing instructor presents Chasing Gold, an historical fiction chapter book based on actual events during the Klondike Gold Rush in 1897. Meet characters inspired by the author's family history, and experience the challenges of an exciting time in Canada's past in this story for readers ages 8-10.