Revolver
Author | : Marcus Sedgwick |
Publisher | : Macmillan + ORM |
Total Pages | : 159 |
Release | : 2010-04-13 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781429987004 |
ISBN-13 | : 1429987006 |
Rating | : 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: 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 by Marcus Sedgwick is a 2011 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year. This title has Common Core connections.