Title:
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REVOLVER
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By: |
Marcus Sedgwick, Marcus Sedgwick |
Format: |
Hardback |
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ISBN 10: |
1842551868 |
ISBN 13: |
9781842551868 |
Publisher: |
HACHETTE CHILDREN'S GROUP |
Pub. date: |
1 July, 2009 |
Pages: |
224 |
Description: |
A tense, psychological drama set in the snowy wilderness of the Arctic Circle, where a boy confronts a stranger come to take revenge on his dead father. From the author of the bestselling My Swordhand is Singing. |
Synopsis: |
1910. A cabin north of the Arctic Circle. Fifteen-year-old Sig Andersson is alone. Alone, except for the corpse of his father, who died earlier that day after falling through a weak spot on the ice-covered lake. His sister, Anna, and step-mother, Nadya, have gone to the local town for help. Then comes a knock at the door. It's a man, the flash of a revolver's butt at his hip, and a mean glare in his eyes. Sig has never seen him before but Wolff claims to have unfinished business with his father. As Sig gradually learns the awful truth about Wolff's connection to his father, Sig finds his thoughts drawn to a certain box hidden on a shelf in the storeroom, in which lies his father's prized possession - a revolver. When Anna returns alone, and Wolff begins to close in, Sigs choice is pulled into sharp focus. Should he use the gun, or not? |
Key Stage: |
UK School Key Stage 3 |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Orion Children's Books (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) |
Prizes: |
Short-listed for Carnegie Medal 2010
Short-listed for Booktrust Teenage Prize 2010
Short-listed for Independent Booksellers' Week Book of the Year Award: |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |