Revolver

Title: Revolver
Author: Marcus Sedgwick
Genre: Historical Fiction

You would like this book if:

• You like to read adventure or mystery books.
• You enjoy Gary Paulsen's novels.
• You have ever learned unflattering information about your family.
• You are interested in the Alaskan Gold Rush or history.
• You want to read an easy book that is quite short.
• You admire books that win awards.

You wouldn't like this book if:

• You prefer books that take place in modern time.
• You prefer books with female main characters.
• You like to read long books.

Summary:

Sig has been left in a back woods cabin to watch over his dead father's body.  It is winter and blistery cold; his father froze to death trying to cross the nearby lake.  However, the suspense is heightened when Wolff, a large "bear of a man", comes to the cabin hunting Einar, Sig's father.  Einar's revolver seems to call to Sig as a means of protection, but he is brave enough to use it?  Is that the right thing to do?  Readers are left to wonder about how life can continue after you learn so much about yourself and your family in one, freezing cold day.