Sixteen-year-old Ned sets off for the Klondike Gold Rush, naively confident he'll soon be home with more than enough money to pay off his widowed mother's debts. Destination Gold! (Orca $8.95) was researched and written while Julie Lawson was writer-in-residence at Berton House Writer's Retreat in Dawson City. 1-55143-157-2

[Louise Donnelly / BCBW 2001]