| Yukon Secret Agents: A Boy's Adventure during the Alaska Border Dispute Contributor(s): Halliday, Keith (Author) |
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ISBN: 0595442722 ISBN-13: 9780595442720 Publisher: iUniverse OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2007 Annotation: Aurore and Kip are back, this time as secret agents! The Klondike Gold Rush is over and Yukon kids are adjusting to normal life. But life is never normal in the Yukon. It's the summer of 1903. School is almost out... and Canada, Britain and the United States are on the brink of war over the Alaskan border. This doesn't mean much to Kip and Aurore, until a deadly explosion at the Star Mine throws them into a swirling adventure involving coded telegrams, burgled hotel rooms and President Teddy Roosevelt ... and a mysterious German naval captain named Oskar von Neidling. Can Kip and Aurore find out the truth-and stop the villains-before it's too late? Second in the gripping "MacBride Museum Yukon Kids Series," Praise for "Aurore of the Yukon" "Equal parts historical fact and pure entertainment." -"The Yukon News" "Colorful Yukon characters ... raucous adventures." -"The Whitehorse Star" |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - General - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 6" W x 9" (0.69 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Alaska - Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Aurore and Kip are back, this time as secret agents The Klondike Gold Rush is over and Yukon kids are adjusting to normal life. But life is never normal in the Yukon. It's the summer of 1903. School is almost out... and Canada, Britain and the United States are on the brink of war over the Alaskan border. This doesn't mean much to Kip and Aurore, until a deadly explosion at the Star Mine throws them into a swirling adventure involving coded telegrams, burgled hotel rooms and President Teddy Roosevelt ... and a mysterious German naval captain named Oskar von Neidling. Can Kip and Aurore find out the truth-and stop the villains-before it's too late? Second in the gripping MacBride Museum Yukon Kids Series. Praise for Aurore of the Yukon "Equal parts historical fact and pure entertainment." -The Yukon News "Colorful Yukon characters ... raucous adventures." -The Whitehorse Star |