Book report post #6 (yes, last one!) Like/ dislike/ recommendation

I really liked the book I read, Jason’s Gold, because the author vividly describes something that happened way before he was born. He makes it seem like I’m right there with Jason, going through his problems, and feeling what he is feeling. Will Hobbs, the author, is a very good author, he has written many books and I have read some of them. He has his own style of making you feel emotions such as disappointment, fear, and sadness with the character in the book.

I would recommend this book to everyone because it is a great story of what life was like during the gold rush, and because once you pick it up, you want to read the whole thing in one sitting. It’s a book filled with action, adventure, and hope. I think everyone who reads this will feel the same way about the book. People might also like it because it is on a very interesting topic, the gold rush of 1897. This topic is interesting because it shows how the thought of money makes people come from all directions to try to make themselves rich, and because it shows how people lived back then. Anyone reading my blog should read this to learn a little more about the history of America, and about the gold rush itself. Many people might not even know that there was a gold rush in Alaska – I didn’t even know that until I read Jason’s Gold!


I will probably read other books by Will Hobbs, just because his books make you feel like you are in them with the characters. Some of Hobbs’ other books are Far North, Ghost Canoe, The Maze, The Big Wander, and Bear Dance. Hobbs’ was actually born in Alaska, so he knows what he’s talking about when he writes books placed in Alaska and Canada.

I might read other books on the topic of gold rushes, because they are interesting. It is cool to learn about all the frenzy and quick changes in people’s lives when they hear that they might get rich. They leave, sell, and abandon their homes, family, and all their possessions, to risk it all to search for gold even though it might already be gone, not actually be there, or they might not even make it there.

Based on this recommendation, will you read Jason’s Gold? Did you know that there was a gold rush in Alaska in 1897, until I told you?