Thirteen-year-old Gus, having been saved from the bullying of Bo Taylor by Rossi Scott who agreed to trade her dirt bike in exchange for Gus being left alone, agrees to go into Dead Frenchman Mine with Rossi and two other kids to find a piece of gold to buy the bike back; and, while on their adventure, the four bond over how hard life is in their small town of Nowhere, Arizona.
Brothers Eli and Charlie Sisters are ordered by a man known only as the Commodore to kill Hermann Kermit Warm and travel from Oregon City to Warm's gold-mining claim outside of Sacramento to do the job, but along the way Eli begins to doubt his choice in profession.
Contains two stories by Jack London, including "White Fang," which follows the adventures of a dog that is part wolf as it makes peace with man in the Canadian wilderness; and "Smoke bellew," in which newspaper writer Christopher Bellew sets out from San Francisco, California, to cover the Klondike gold rush.
Davey has been saving his money ever since his mother died so that he can leave the Seattle boardinghouse where he lives and works and go find his Uncle Walt in Alaska, and he becomes even more determined when gold is discovered in the Klondike and his stash of money disappears.
Through telegrams, letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles, retells the true story of Will Stanley Pearce and Marshall Bond's adventure as prospectors in Dawson City, Canada, during the Klondike gold rush.
"Penny, a blue-eyed palomino paint mare, narrates her experiences with her owner, Buckeye Jack, and Jack's grandson, Jesse, during the 1850s Northern California gold rush"--Provided by publisher.
