by Marcus Sedgwick (Author)
Sig Andersson has a choice to make - use the gun or die. REVOLVER is an unforgettable, razor-sharp thriller from the award-winning Marcus Sedgwick. 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, his thoughts are 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, Sig's choice is pulled into sharp focus. Should he use the gun, or not?
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Publisher: Orion Childrens
Published: 23 Apr 2010
ISBN 10: 1444000055
ISBN 13: 9781444000054
Children’s book age: 12+ Years
Book Overview: 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.
Prizes: Shortlisted for Carnegie Medal 2010 and Booktrust Teenage Prize 2010 and Independent Booksellers' Week Book of the Year Award: Children's Book of the Year 2010.
Marcus Sedgwick is a full time author. His first novel, Floodland, won the Branford Boase Award for the best debut children's novel of 2000. Since then his books have been shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, the Blue Peter Book Award, the Costa Book Award, the Carnegie Medal and the Edgar Allan Poe Award.
Find his website at www.marcussedgwick.com and follow him on Twitter @marcussedgwick.