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    The Long Trail
    The Long Trail
    The Long Trail
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    The Long Trail

    By Deborah Hopkinson and Bill Farnsworth

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    Klondike or bust!
    Stowing away on the steamer Al-Ki was only the beginning of Davey's daring quest to find his uncle in the Klondike. Now he's camping in the rough-and-tumble town of Skagway, working for his photographer friend Erik Larsen, and preparing for his next challenge -- the steep, treacherous, hundreds-of-miles-long Chilkoot Trail.
    When Erik falls ill on the trail, Davey fears he will not be able to go on -- until he gets help from a surprising ally.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAladdin
    Release dateAug 10, 2010
    ISBN9781442421455
    The Long Trail
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    Deborah Hopkinson

    Deborah Hopkinson is the author of many award-winning nonfiction books for young readers. She lives with her family near Portland, Oregon.

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      The Long Trail - Deborah Hopkinson

      CHAPTER ONE

      Stowaway

      I opened my eyes, and at first I couldn’t remember where I was.

      Then muffled shouts reached my ears.

      Good luck!

      Bring back a sack of gold!

      A sharp, familiar whistle pierced the early morning air. I heard my friend Tag yell, Hurray for the Klondike Kid!

      It all came back. I was a stowaway, sailing for gold.

      • • •

      As the steamer Al-ki made its way out of the Seattle harbor the shouts from the dock grew fainter. But it was noisy on the boat. Dogs barked endlessly. People clomped up and down in their heavy boots, talking and laughing. Every so often a horse neighed.

      I stretched out my legs as much as I could, hoping my hiding place was a good one. Tag had helped me sneak aboard at midnight. While he distracted the watchman, I’d scurried down to the steamer’s lower deck.

      That’s where I was now–in a large wooden chest, under a pile of rain slickers, boots, and coils of thick, salty rope. There were enough small cracks so I could breathe but not be seen.

      My stomach growled. Reaching inside my pack, I pulled out one of Cook’s biscuits. Right about now Cook would be waking up to fix breakfast for the gentlemen in the rooming house.

      If I closed my eyes, I could imagine her bending down to pick up the sketch I’d slipped under her bedroom door last night. I’d done it one rainy morning while she was kneading bread. On the bottom I’d scribbled, Mabel Cole, best cook in Seattle, drawn by David Hill, age 11, 1897.

      It was the only good-bye present I had to give her.

      It wouldn’t take Cook long to guess where I was headed. But I knew she wouldn’t give my secret away to Mrs. Tinker, the thin, tough woman who owned the rooming house. I tried to imagine what Cook would tell her.

      Davey has run off, Cook might announce as she poured Mrs. Tinker’s coffee. Mistress, you were kindness itself, letting that boy stay here after his mother died last winter. But it looks like he’s hopped a train to New York, back to his momma’s folks.

      Well, in a way I was running off to my momma’s folks. I was searching for my uncle Walt Thomas, Momma’s only brother. But I wasn’t heading to New York.

      Like thousands of others, I was heading north–to the Klondike.

      Thump! Thump!

      Someone began kicking the wooden chest so hard I almost choked on my biscuit. I froze, trying not to make a sound.

      Rusty! Russell Clark, you stop that, came a girl’s voice.

      Aw, be a nice sister and help me open it, Hannah, the boy replied. Maybe there’s gold inside.

      Crack! Another hard kick. This one close to my head.

      There’s no gold yet, silly. That comes later. Remember, this boat’s taking us to Skagway, Alaska, the girl told him. Dawson City and the Klondike River are still hundreds of miles from there, in Canada.

      "I don’t care. I still want to

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