Aurore of the Yukon

About the Book

"She's just a girl!" shouted Windy Bill.

When Aurore hears these words, she knows notorious Alaskan bandit Soapy Smith is about to find out everything. How will she get her mother's money back now? How will she expose Soapy and his gang? How will she escape?

Aurore, her mother and little brother have set off for Uncle Thibault's lodge in the Yukon after the death of Aurore's father, little knowing they are headed for the Klondike Gold Rush and the adventure of a lifetime.

• The hardships of the Chilkoot Trail.
• The roaring rapids of the Yukon River.
• The grasping greed of Soapy's gang.

Aurore must dig deeper, think harder and be braver than she ever thought possible to show Soapy and his gang what a girl-and her new Tlingit friend Louise and a Yukon river boy named Kip-can do.

"Well, she outsmarted you!" replied Soapy Smith with a snarl, opening the door to Aurore's hiding place

Set in the historic Klondike Gold Rush of 1898, and inspired by a real girl's story, Aurore of the Yukon is an exciting adventure written to both entertain and educate young readers.

Part of the MacBride Yukon Kids Series.

"Real fun real history!"-Patricia Cunning, MacBride Museum

About the Author

Keith Halliday is passionate about Yukon history. He was born in the Yukon and raised on stories of the pioneer days. He is a descendent of the Taylors and Drurys, Gold Rush era merchants and fur traders, as well as of Marie Ange Cyr, who moved to the Yukon with Keith’s grandmother Aline in 1917 after her husband died in Montreal. After detours in the diplomatic service in Brussels, study in London and management consulting in Toronto, Keith and his wife Stacy live with their four children in the Yukon, where they intend to stay.