Jason's Gold [NOOK Book]

Jason's Gold by Will Hobbs

This book tells about a boy named Jason who believes he can do anything he wants to. After he gets to Seattle from New York, he finds out his brothers went to find gold in the Klondike. He sets off on a journey to find them. He saves a dog named King and goes up the Golden Stairs. He gets a canoe, and canoes through rivers and lakes. He survives rapids and canoes the Yukon. He stumbles on a cabin and winters there. While there he meets someone named Charlie and helps him solve his problem. While there he goes bear hunting with King. Three bears attack and terrible things happen over the hunt. Jason and Charlie canoe to Dawson where Jason's brothers should be. Will he find them? Will Hobbs tells a great story of adventure, action, and survival. This book is a great example of life in the Klondike gold rush. I strongly recommend this book to people, especially boys, who like adventure and action. I do not recommend it to girly girls.

by Brett

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Stupid gross book

This book is terrible everytime i read i wanna barf my head off dont read this book get a knife ready to kill urself if ur going to read this

Awsome

I had to read this book for school, and at first it seemed boring, but then got extrrmely good. But, be warned! It gets gruesome, and pretty sad ( i cried when king died, which is unusual for me. Over all, its a very captivating, adventorous historical fiction book for 10-12 year old boys.

Great!

I am reading this book right now and it is great!! Definately recommend this book!!

Awesome

This is the most fantastic book ever or at least 1 of them

Great book!

I had to read this book for school. I relly liked it.

Jason's Gold

This book is wonderful. I just finished reading the sequel "Down The Yukon" and it was just as great. These books are good for people who love to keep the adventure alive with a second book.

Jason's Gold

Jason's Gold was a addicting book. Once i picked it up it was hard to put down. The book takes you with a 15 year-old boy named Jason Hawthorne on a great journey to try and strike rich in the gold-fields of the Klondike Rush.I understand that people would be very overwhelmed by a gold rush but thought at times that some of the parts were very hard to believe. Still the book was great, and is a book i wouldnt mind re-reading. Hobbs does a great job of putting the reader in the journey with Jason and King(Jason's Husky), the great discriptions are very picturable. All the geographic facts are a good way of learning about the Klondike. This is a great read for thrill and adventure seeking readers.

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A Great Look at History

Jason¿s Gold was a great historical fiction with the right mix of real and fictional characters. Though he does take some artistic license with history, he bases it on historical research. I highly recommend reading the Author¿s Note before, during or after reading since he explains his research and how he ties in real historical characters. He does a great job of taking historical facts and working them into his story in a creative way. Jason¿s Gold though dim and dreary at some points while showing the horrors of the Alaskan Gold Rush still has a sense of Hope throughout the book as Jason never gives up on his journey. While Jason faces the reality of the evils of some men, soon or immediately after he encounters a person with redeeming qualities who saves him in some way. It has the right amount of hardship to make it real, mixed with the right amount of hope. There were points when I couldn¿t put the book down if I wanted to. The story pulls you in as you fight with Jason against all the odds that he faces as he heads to Dawson City. Though the odds at some points do seem a little unrealistic, I think that Hobbs does a good job of making Jason¿s story too unbelievable. This book can be a great tool to get your young adult interested in history and learn more about a time in history that isn¿t talked about as much. It does reveal the evils sides of the Klondike, but it in a tactful way. We cannot ignore the evil parts of history, otherwise we don¿t learn. This book helps face the reality of a gold rush. Even though that basis is Jason going to make a quick fortune in Dawson City, by the end you realize that it takes a lot of work and it¿s not as glamorous as it seems.

Jason's Gold

Jason a 16 year old boy wanted to go on a great adventure. He wanted to go to the Klondike in Alaska. On his way to ask his brothers for money he finds out that they had already left. He had a rough journey just getting to Alaska, but that is where the real challenge begins. Steadily moving forward he makes many friends. He ended up receiving a whole pack of things. The problem is that he wants to get to the Klondike before the river freezes up so he can stake some land. One thing I did not like is that the book does not tell much about the train ride that he had to take. I liked how the book ended in a good way instead of just dropping off. The book also introduced the other characters very well. This book did a wonderful job of adding up the suspense until something big happens. This is the first book of the series so this is the book that you will want to read. There is a second book in the series and that book is called Down the Yukon. I think that boys around the ages 11-14 would like this book. This book is very similar to the Gary Paulson books.

Jason's Gold

This book is about and teenager that lives with his two brothers because his mother and father died. Jason has to work for a newspaper company passing out newspapers to make little money to spend on food and cloths. One day as he was passing out the papers he found a title that said gold rush in Alaska. So Jason found out how much it would cost and found the money his parents left for him and he went to Alaska. Once he got into Alaska he had to get a canoe and travel by him self to get to Klondike. So Jason traveled threw many rivers and lakes to get to Klondike. On the way before he gets to the Yukon he sees a moose that is wounded and then the moose attacks him. Then after he goes through the Yukon he arrives at Klondike. After looking for gold with his brothers they give up and all three of them start and run a saw mill. I like even thought he didn¿t find any gold he still made money by working with his brother, I also liked how he had to travel by himself. This book is the first one in the Jason series. I would recommend this book to anybody that like adventure and outdoors.

Best of the west

This book is about a boy named Jason who finds out about gold in Alaska and goes there all by himself from New York. Jason has a rough time along the way, but meets many new friends on his journey. What I didn¿t like about this book is that it never really picked up until about half way through the story, and then it got interesting. I did like the book¿s storyline though, about surviving in the wilderness and being able to make it on your own. This book is a part of a series, but you can read it without any of the other books, because it is the first book of its storyline. This book doesn¿t really remind me of any television shows or movies, except for maybe some of the old western movies. This book is sort of similar to Gary Paulsen¿s books, such as all of the Brian books and also the Mr. Tucket series of books. This book is adventurous and can be far fetched, because some of the things this fifteen year old kid did would be unimaginable to any grown man¿s abilities. Overall though, this is a pretty good and interesting book.

A reviewer

Jason Hawthorn was selling papers in New York which read that there was gold in Alaska. Jason was officially from Seattle but he ran away from his home and he was traveling across the country. All Jason knew was that he had to get to Alaska to get some gold. What he didn¿t know was the crucial conditions he was about to get himself into. The book started off at a slow pace. I had to read into the book a couple of chapters to get to the point where it really started to take off. I could also relate to the book a little. I have been to many different states like Jason. Also, in the book, Jason had to shoot animals for food. Every year my dad, two brothers, and I go hunt deer and rabbits. In the book, Jason killed three black bears. My dad has killed a black bear too. Jason¿s Gold is part of a series. I think you would have to read Jason¿s Gold before the other books in the series. You definitely want to because it is such a good book. I would recommend this book to anyone who is between the ages of twelve and eighteen. Also, anyone who really likes adventure books would like Jason¿s Gold. If you enjoy reading books by Will Hobbs like Jason¿s Gold, you would probably like to read books by Gary Paulsen. Gary Paulsen writes adventure books like Will Hobbs does. All I can say is that anyone who likes adventure books should read Jason¿s Gold.

Jason and The Gold Rush

This is about a boy named Jason Hawthorn trying to get all the way to Dawson City, Canada, for the gold rush. He is trying to get there all the way from New York City. To get the money he needs to get there he heads to his brothers house to get the five hundred dollars he inherited from his father when he past away. But his brothers have decided to go to Dawson City themselves and they took all of his money. Now he has to get to Dawson City with only twelve dollars. He has to fight bears, moose¿s, and even gangsters so that he can get to Dawson city for his share in the gold. There are several things that I liked and several things that I didn¿t like about the book. One thing I didn¿t like about it is that at the beginning of the book it was confusing. I didn¿t quite get it until I reached the second chapter and that¿s when I finally got what the book was about. Another thing I didn¿t like is that I didn¿t like is that it used all these big words. Most of them I didn¿t quite get, so I had to use a dictionary to hook up some of the words. There were still some things I did like about the book. One of those things was that it really had my interest. It kept me guessing of what was going to happen next and when it happened, I would have never of guessed that. Someone that would like this book would most likely love to read adventure books, and they would also like to read books that keep you guessing of what is going to happen next. Someone who also likes the outdoors and likes to read about ways to survive out in the wild would like this book. This is a very good book and I think you should read it.

Jason and The Gold Rush

This is about a boy named Jason Hawthorn trying to get all the way to Dawson City, Canada, for the gold rush. He is trying to get there all the way from New York City. To get the money he needs to get there he heads to his brothers house to get the five hundred dollars he inherited from his father when he past away. But his brothers have decided to go to Dawson City themselves and they took all of his money. Now he has to get to Dawson City with only twelve dollars. He has to fight bears, moose¿s, and even gangsters so that he can get to Dawson city for his share in the gold. There are several things that I liked and several things that I didn¿t like about the book. One thing I didn¿t like about it is that at the beginning of the book it was confusing. I didn¿t quite get it until I reached the second chapter and that¿s when I finally got what the book was about. Another thing I didn¿t like is that I didn¿t like is that it used all these big words. Most of them I didn¿t quite get, so I had to use a dictionary to hook up some of the words. There were still some things I did like about the book. One of those things was that it really had my interest. It kept me guessing of what was going to happen next and when it happened, I would have never of guessed that. Someone that would like this book would most likely love to read adventure books, and they would also like to read books that keep you guessing of what is going to happen next. Someone who also likes the outdoors and likes to read about ways to survive out in the wild would like this book. This is a very good book and I think you should read it.

Boring Book do not read do not gibe it a chance

My opinion of this is it needs more action and excitment for it to be interesting.My reasons to support this book is I never really got interested in this book and it was hard to follow like in one part he was hunting then in the other part you were swimming. The best parts in this book were when Jason was hunting bears and got attacked by three bears but he killed them all. The worst parts of this book were when his dog was killed by the bear. I reccommend this book to people that like books that have alot wilderness and alot of lessons.

Jason's Gold

This book was all right. It was a very adventurous. This is a book for everyone, even little kids, of course if they can read it. The beginning was very boring, but that¿s how most books start out. After the first hundred pages or so and it turned out all right. Jason's gold should win an award. It has good wording and the book flows. It was an easy read and i enjoyed it for the most part. Some of it was slow but the rest of the book was action packed. I gave this book the 3 stars because it was boring in the beginning but got better as i progressed through the book.

Adventure

This book is exciteing i thought, I mean how many 15 year olds is there that travel 10,000 mile on foot to see there brothers. not many i dont think.

this book is awesome

this is my favorite book by far and also the sequel down the yukon. i read this book and couldnt put it down. will hobbs is an amazing author.

If you like adventure books read Jason's Gold

I really enjoyed reading this book and if you like reading adventure books with the characters trying to survive this is a good book.I think that Will Hobbs is a great writer and that he really knows how to write about survival and the wilderness.The book's plot is a kid named Jason who lived in New York with his Aunt.He hears that there is a gold rush in Alaska and his brothers live in Seattle, Washington, so he makes his way all the way to Washington.His brothers have left, so he travels all the way to Alaska with no gear and barely any money.Jason meets lots of people on the way, and has lots of hard times.This book is really exciting to read and the end is kind of a surprise.