Revolver
A LOADED GUN. STOLEN GOLD. And a menacing stranger. A taut frontier survivor story, set at the time of the Alaska gold rush.In an isolated cabin, fourteen-year-old Sig is alone with a corpse: his father, who has fallen through the ice and frozen to death only hours earlier. Then comes a stranger...
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A LOADED GUN. STOLEN GOLD. And a menacing stranger. A taut frontier survivor story, set at the time of the Alaska gold rush.In an isolated cabin, fourteen-year-old Sig is alone with a corpse: his father, who has fallen through the ice and frozen to death only hours earlier. Then comes a stranger claiming that Sig’s father owes him a share of a horde of stolen gold. Sig’s only protection is a loaded Colt revolver hidden in the cabin’s storeroom. The question is, will Sig use the gun, and why? Revolver is a 2011 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
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Format: paperback
ASIN: B00A1A1WAQ
Publish date: 2011-09-27
Publisher: Square Fish
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
This is a good read for junior high up. Not so much for adults. It follows the building crisis facing Sig, who has been left behind with his dead father who froze while crossing an Alaskan lake. A threatening stranger shows up and wants things Sig does not have. Lots of suspense and foreboding. The ...
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