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Finland, 1910: Fifteen-year-old Sig is shocked to see a hole in the frozen lake outside his family's cabin and to find his father's corpse nearby. Why did Einar steer his dog sled across the lake instead of taking the safer land route? Sig's sister and stepmother go for help, leaving...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sedgwick, Marcus
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2010
Edition:1st American ed.
Subjects:
Fathers > Death > Juvenile fiction.
Revenge > Juvenile fiction.
Arctic regions > Juvenile fiction.
Fathers > Death > Fiction.
Revenge > Fiction.
Arctic regions > Fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Decision making > Fiction.
Guns > Fiction.
Teens (20th century) > Fiction.
Cabins > Fiction.
Goldrush > Alaska > Fiction.
Revolvers > Fiction.
Fourteen-year-old boys > Fiction.
Teenage boys > Decision-making > Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Alaska > History > 20th century > Fiction.
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Summary:Finland, 1910: Fifteen-year-old Sig is shocked to see a hole in the frozen lake outside his family's cabin and to find his father's corpse nearby. Why did Einar steer his dog sled across the lake instead of taking the safer land route? Sig's sister and stepmother go for help, leaving Sig alone with Einar's body in the cabin. Soon after, an armed stranger barges in, demanding a share of Einar's stolen gold from when the two men knew each other during the Alaska Gold Rush.
Item Description:Originally published: London : Orion Children's, 2009.
Physical Description:204 pages ; 22 cm.
ISBN:9781596435926 (hardcover) :
1596435925 (hardcover) :