Gold Rush

This book is absolutely perfect! It is informative, well written and oh so beautifully illustrated!
I love how there is a content page that also includes the characters and then at the end you find a glossary with the most important terminology. That's super helpful for students.
I especially love how the book connects pieces of information that I would usually teach separately (because of the syllabus and material provided) and presents it through such a wonderfully crafted story. There are so many different types of text (mostly fictional/informational stories, but also lists and labeled drawings) that this will appeal to many different students.
My students are non-native speakers, so I would probably read this with an older group than suggested, but it fits perfectly for talking about indigenous culture which is on the syllabus when they are roughly 13/14 years old.

Thank you so much to Quarto Publishing Group and Netgalley for the ebook to read and review.

This book shares the stories of the women that were a huge part of the Klondike Gold Rush of 1887. Something that I didn’t know much about until reading this and I was so fascinated from the start, I loved learning so much about this event in time and learning about the women who made an impact on it.

These women all broke the mould that were put on them from the era, they all used so much resilience and knowledge and strength to survive. From being entrepreneurs and building businesses, helping those in need in the area, to mining the gold themselves, to discovering the gold. These women all played such a huge part in it and it was so fascinating to learn all about it.

Though it was sad as this huge event in time really effected the land it was all on, with constant mining and digging of the land. It also effected the natives that were happily living on their land, to then having discovered this gold and suddenly stampeders invaded turning everything the natives lived on into a big city and pushing them out, killing them with their illnesses and destroying land they’d cared for so much. It was sad what had happened to these wonderful tribes living how they’d always lived.

The story was really fascinating getting to learn so much about this piece of history, of the rush everyone had to make millions with the gold that could be found. The ways that they got the gold out was also fascinating, the long treks they had to take to get there, it was very fascinating. This book is so detailed sharing all about the stampeders, the trek to get there, the living conditions and of the women, their lives and their impact on the whole event. I thoroughly enjoyed learning so much new information.