Gold fever sweeps the country as a twelve-year-old aspiring writer travels to the Yukon with her family and best friend, fighting natural disasters and a clever thief After traveling from San Francisco by steam ship, Hetty McKinley, her best friend, Alma, and their families prepare for the five-hundred-mile trek north to the gold fields of the Yukon. It’s only September, but the Arctic Circle is already frigid. As the two families, along with hundreds of other prospectors, camp out for the night near the outpost of Dyea, Hetty catches a glimpse of the legendary Chilkoot Pass, the narrow gap through which they’ll cross Alaska into Canada. But the next morning, Alma’s mother discovers that all their money is gone! A few days later, Hetty’s cherished locket, containing a photograph of her dead mother, disappears. More thefts soon follow, but these are the least of their problems. Soon, the group is battling typhoid, blizzards, and a terrifying avalanche. Will Hetty and her family and friends survive their journey to the top of the world? This ebook includes a historical afterword.

Mystery at Chilkoot Pass.

The Klondike Gold rush of the late 1800s was an extrodinary event where thousands of travelers braved a 500-mile journey into the Yukon in hopes of striking it rich. Hetty is traveling with her father, uncle, and his friend when items start disappearing. Hetty searches to expose the source of the missing or stolen goods.

This fascinating story is set in the Yukon gold rush of 1897 and follows the Yukoner's incredible journey by foot into the frozen north.

Mimi inherits a gold mine-the Gold Bug! On summer break, Christina and Grant join their mystery book-writing grandmother and cowboy pilot grandfather, Papa, on an adventure to check out the mine and discover a mystery that could mean boom or bust! LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! Dahlonega Gold Rush (in Georgia) Š California Gold Rush Š James Marshall Š Forty-Niners Š Gold fever Š Travel methods Š Food Š Claims and claim jumping Š Price of goods Š Gold mining (methods, tools, conditions) (especially panning) Š Oregon Trail Š Characteristics of and legends about gold Š Role of Chinese in rush Š Levi Strauss/jeans Š Outcomes of journey Š Yukon Gold Rush (in Alaska) Š Role of women and children Š Klondike gold Š Golden Stairs on the Chilkoot Trail Š Travel methods Š White Pass Š What happens after the gold rush Š Fool's Gold Š Vocabulary (tarmac, bank, hangar, controllers, taxi, runway) Š Float planes Š Gold Rush Museum, Dahlonega, GA Š Alexander's restaurant, Bellingham, WA Š Chinatown - Golden Dragon restaurant - Levi Strauss Company, San Francisco, CA Š Space Needle and Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Seattle, WA. Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities. Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book: Grade Levels: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.9 Accelerated Reader Points: 2 Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 115541 Lexile Measure: 760 Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: Q Developmental Assessment Level: 40

One Dead Eye Dick! One wild west woman! One ghost town! One, no two, no 20 ghhoossttss! And four kids tumbleweeding their way through a frightening mystery! When the Mystery Girl puts down in Boot Hill, the die is cast! New friends - and enemies: some real, some perhaps not, foil the kids attempts to solve the mystery of why living, breathing towns become ghost towns. LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! Cowboy attire Š General cowboy lifestyle Š Boot Hill Cemetery history Š Tombstone, AR history Š Old West history Š Navajo symbols Š Mining facts Š Hendersonville history Š Pollution from mining Š Branding cattle Š Camping materials Š Tombstone Courthouse Museum Š OK Corral Š Sunshine Gap, Arizona Š Eureka Gulch, Arizona Š Bisbee, Arizona Š Hendersonville, Arizona Š Rose Tree Inn. Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities. Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book: Grade Levels: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.6 Accelerated Reader Points: 2 Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 126335 Lexile Measure: 750 Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: Q Developmental Assessment Level: 40

In 1724, Rachel Howell leaves New York for South Carolina . . . and plunges into a dangerous world of pirates and hidden treasure that threatens her family’s future When New York–born and –raised Rachel Howell sails for South Carolina to be reunited with her father, the last thing she expects is to be attacked by pirates! She’s lucky to escape with her life, but the attackers take a pearl necklace belonging to her dead mother. Things go from bad to worse when Rachel arrives safely in Charles Town and learns her father is getting married again. The one bright spot is her friendship with Sally Pugh, the daughter of the local tavern owner. Until Papa’s bride-to-be arrives . . . and forbids Rachel from seeing Sally. Determined to remain friends, Rachel and Sally search for a secret place to meet. They discover a hidden island in the Charles Town port, containing a sinkhole filled with quicksand, rocks with mysterious markings, . . . and a human skull. But when the girls are stranded overnight and overhear men in a hidden lagoon, they realize they’ve stumbled onto something big. It could destroy Rachel’s father’s business . . . and Rachel’s life. This ebook includes a historical afterword.