Awards and Honors2011 Printz Honor Book; 2011 ALA Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults; Booklist 2011 Top 10 Crime Fiction for Youth; Children's Book Committee Bank Street College of Education Children's Choices - Best Books of 2011, Adventure, ages 12-14; Horn Book Fanfare, Best Books of 2010, Fiction; Kirkus Reviews 2010 Best Books for Teens; Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Books 2010, Fiction
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. Einar never told Sig about the treasure-but he did tell him about the loaded Colt revolver hidden in the storeroom. Author's note.
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