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Marcus Sedgwick

Revolver Kindle Edition

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A LOADED GUN. STOLEN GOLD. And a menacing stranger. A taut frontier survivor story, set at the time of the Alaska gold rush.

In an isolated cabin, fourteen-year-old Sig is alone with a corpse: his father, who has fallen through the ice and frozen to death only hours earlier. Then comes a stranger claiming that Sig's father owes him a share of a horde of stolen gold. Sig's only protection is a loaded Colt revolver hidden in the cabin's storeroom. The question is, will Sig use the gun, and why?

Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick is a 2011 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year. This title has Common Core connections.

Reading age

12 - 18 years
Print length

236 pages
Language

English
Grade level

7 - 9
Lexile measure

890L
Publisher

Roaring Brook Press
Publication date

April 13, 2010
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“A memorable tale, one that will appeal to fans of Gary Paulsen, Jack London, and even Cormac McCarthy.”—The Horn Book, STARRED

“Sedgwick lures his readers into deeper thinking while they savor this thrillingly told tale.” —Publishers Weekly, STARRED

“A chilling, atmospheric story that will haunt readers with its descriptions of a desolate terrain and Sig’s difficult decisions.” —Kirkus Reviews, STARRED

““The bleak setting and ominous circumstances will draw immediate comparisons to a Jack London tale, but in a more accessible, spare style. Reluctant readers will be riveted by the suspense and the short chapters.” —School Library Journal, STARRED

“A carefully crafted story effectively rigidified by taut plotting and the crystalline atmospherics of its isolated setting.” —Booklist

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Gr 7 Up–Narrator Peter Berkrot chillingly and expertly brings to life Marcus Sedgwick's short, yet intense mystery (Roaring Brook, 2010). Pitch-perfect voicing, suspenseful and satisfying pacing, and spot-on character portrayals draw listeners inside the cold and brutal atmosphere of a lonely cabin 100 miles north of the Arctic Circle in 1910. Sig, the 14-year-old son of a practical and proud man, is alone in a small, dark cabin with his father's dead body awaiting the return of his sister and his stepmother who have gone to find help after his father was found frozen to death. But he doesn't have long to grieve alone before a large and fearsome man enters the cabin claiming that the boy's father had cheated prospectors out of gold. As Sig tries to reconcile this confusing news with pieces of his past, listeners will do the same along with him and two inanimate objects that take on character roles within the story—the old Colt revolver his father taught him to shoot and the Colt revolver belonging to the ominous stranger. The backstory is told through flashbacks to the 1899 Alaska gold rush in alternating segments. Berkrot's fully-voiced and emotive telling will keep listeners on the edge as they visualize Sig, his surroundings, and every moment in time from beginning to the satisfying and climactic end. An excellent choice for school and public libraries and an ideal selection for reluctant readers.Stephanie A. Squicciarini, Fairport Public Library, NY
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'one of the finest and best-constructed page turners of the year' Tense, succinct, evocative and ingenious, and one to haunt you long after the summer is over' -- Nicolette Jones THE SUNDAY TIMES An outstanding psychological thriller about the Arctic gold rush -- Fiona Noble THE BOOKSELLER a powerful thriller... Tense, thought-provoking and original. -- Emma Lee Potter DAILY EXPRESS --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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1Wash Day, dusk
Even the dead tell stories.
Sig looked across the cabin to where his father lay, waiting for him to speak, but his father said nothing, because he was dead. Einar Andersson lay on the table, his arms half raised above his head, his legs slightly bent at the knee, frozen in the position in which they’d found him; out on the lake, lying on the ice, with the dogs waiting patiently in harness.
Einar’s skin was gray; patches of frost and ice still clung to his beard and eyebrows despite the warmth of the cabin. It was only a matter of degree. Outside the temperature was plunging as night came on, already twenty below, maybe more. Inside the cabin it was a comfortable few degrees above freezing, and yet Einar’s body refused to relax from its death throes.
Sig stared and stared, in his own way frozen to the chair, waiting for his father to get up, smile again, and start talking. But he didn’t.
They say that dead men tell no tales, but they’re wrong.
Even the dead tell stories.
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From Booklist

Sedgwick’s historical mystery, set in the Arctic Circle in 1899 and 1910, makes good use of the word chilling. Outside their remote Scandinavian village, Sig’s father dies of exposure after trying to rush home across a frozen lake. The reason for his carelessness becomes apparent to Sig when a hulking beast of a man arrives at their tiny shack with a Colt revolver, demanding his share of a stolen wealth of gold. But Sig has his own Colt hidden in the storeroom, and some very pressing questions. Who is this brute at the door? Is there really a hidden treasure? And, most importantly, can he bring himself to use that revolver to save himself and his family? As the claustrophobic tension in the Arctic cabin mounts, Sedgwick doles out bits of backstory set a decade earlier in the Alaska gold rush, and the climax reveals that there hasn’t been a single superfluous detail in the intricate, freezer-burn buildup. A carefully crafted story effectively rigidified by taut plotting and the crystalline atmospherics of its isolated setting. Grades 7-10. --Ian Chipman --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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Novel·la d'aventures que mostra les dures condicions de vida que suportaven els buscadors d'or i els miners que vivien al cercle polar àrtic a principis del segle passat. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

About the Author

Marcus Sedgwick is the author of ten previous novels for young readers. His first, Floodland, won the 1994 Branford-Boase Award for Best First Children's Novel of the Year; he has since been shortlisted for numerous children's book awards, including the Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Prize, and the Edgar Allan Poe Award. He lives in Sussex, England. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

From the Back Cover

In an isolated cabin in an Arctic wilderness, 14-year-old Sig is alone with a corpse: his father who has fallen through the ice on the lake outside and frozen to death only hours earlier. His sister and stepmother have gone to fetch help. Then, out of the Arctic darkness, comes a stranger: a rough giant of a man claiming that Sig's father owes him a share of a horde of stolen gold--and threatening terrible violence if Sig doesn't reveal the gold's whereabouts. Sig knows nothing about the gold, but he does know that there's a loaded Colt revolver hidden in the cabin's storeroom--a gun that his father had said would protect him and taught him to use, but which his mother had abhorred, telling him to have faith in God's protection instead. Revolver jumps between the lonely cabin and the events of the Alaska Gold Rush ten years earlier, gradually unspooling the mystery of the stolen gold and the terrifying stranger. Written with the intensity and precision of a one-act play, this dramatic novel turns on whether and when Sig will use the hidden gun, and his reasons for doing so. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004OA64KW
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Roaring Brook Press; 1st edition (April 13, 2010)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 13, 2010
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 184 KB
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Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 236 pages

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MARCUS SEDGWICK was born and raised in East Kent in the south-east of England. He now lives in the French Alps.
He is the winner of many prizes, most notably the 2014 Michael L. Printz Award for his novel Midwinterblood. Marcus has also received two Printz Honors, for Revolver in 2011 and The Ghosts of Heaven in 2016, giving him the most citations to date for America’s most prestigious book prize for writing for young adults. Other notable award winning books include Floodland, Marcus’ first novel, which won the Branford-Boase Award in 2001, a prize for the best debut novel for children published in the UK each year; My Swordhand is Singing, which won the Booktrust Teenage Prize for 2007, and Lunatics and Luck, part of The Raven Mysteries series, which won a Blue Peter Book Award in 2011.
His books have been shortlisted for over forty other awards, including the Carnegie Medal (seven times), the Edgar Allan Poe Award (twice) and the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize (four times). He has been nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award three times, in 2016, 2017 and 2018.
Marcus was Writer in Residence at Bath Spa University for three years, reviews for The Guardian newspaper and teaches creative writing at Arvon and Ty Newydd. He has judged numerous books awards, including the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize and the Costa Book Awards. He has illustrated some of his books, and has provided wood-engravings for a couple of private press books.
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Tense Mystery

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 14, 2013

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Revolver is part historical fiction (set in the frozen arctic in the early 1900's), part mystery (Did Sig's father steal gold from a prospector during the Alaska gold rush? If so, where is it?)and mostly a story of a young teen facing a life altering moral dilemma. Sig was raised by a stern but loving man who found ways to create a home and life for his family in unbearable conditions. His father taught him the world is a cruel place and sometimes requires cruel actions to survive. Sig was also raised by a mother and step-mother who were both very gentle, religious pacifists. When the story opens, to the family's dismay, their always careful and pragmatic father tried to cross the thawing lake, fell through the ice and died. Sig's sister and step-mother have gone to town for help. The contradictory parenting clashes when a sinister, violent man shows up at the family's arctic cabin the day after Sig's father died. Sig must deal with the angry visitor, Mr. Wolff, alone. Mr. Wolff says he will kill Sig if Sig does not turn over the gold stolen from him years before. After Sig is dead, he will wait for the sister and step-mother to return and give them the same ultimatum. Sig creates an opportunity to fetch his Dad's revolver and hide it on his person, but can he bring himself to kill Mr. Wolff? Revolver is very short and there is little action, but every page is tense with Sig's fear and Mr. Wolff's anger and the tension builds to a surprising and frightening climax.

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Sean Singer

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I bought this book after reading another Sedgwick book, and I found that Revolver, though not quite as compelling as Midwinterblood, was still a fun, quick read that I enjoyed.

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ShiloahH

Good book

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Very interesting YA book.

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Bridget

Revolver

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This is a very good book. It tells the story of a hard life with hard decisions from a boys point of view. I would recommend this book to any young teen that is looking for an exciting read.

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Mom of Boys

this books awsome it's action packed and full of fear

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 24, 2014

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This book is fun and cool to read and It was amazing I read it in 2 nights at the end he get the revolver and we'll your just going to need to read it to find out

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John K

Brutal setting, brutal circumstances

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 24, 2013

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Despite the frigid climate and desperate men infected with gold fever, there is also courage and love and family. Will that be enough, or will Sig need to use the revolver to survive?

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 29, 2013

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Full of twists and turns and "hold your breath" moments, kids and adults will love this story. It elicted an actual applause at the end from the kids I read this to.

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Three Stars

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Annabel Gaskell

The Allure of Gold and Guns in the Arctic Goldrush

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 6, 2010

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Sedgwick writes primarily for the young adult audience, but his books have much wider appeal and are always thought-provoking reads for adults too. I am a huge fan of one of his previous titles Blood Red, Snow White , and I also really enjoyed The Kiss of Death . So I was really looking forward to reading this, his latest book.

Revolver is the story of a boy and a gun - a Colt forty-four forty revolver to be precise. It's set in the Arctic north, where three continents meet around the North Pole. It starts in the northernmost town in Sweden, Giron (Kiruna), and Sig Andersson is sitting alone at home, except for the corpse of his father, who died falling through the ice that day as if he was running away from something, or someone.

Sig's sister and step-mother had gone for help, leaving the young teenager to think about his father and their hard life up in the Arctic, but also his late mother. When Sig was little, they had lived in Nome, Alaska during the gold-rush of 1899; Sig's father Einar was an assay clerk in the claims office. Einar's most prized posession is a Colt revolver - it lives in its original box in the storeroom, and needless to say, Sig has always been fascinated by it.

"`A gun is not a weapon, Einar once said to Sig, `It's an answer. It's an answer to the questions life throws at you when there's no one else to help.'
Sig hadn't understood what he meant by that. Not then."

While Sig is mounting his vigil over his father's body, there is a knock at the door. But it's not the help he was waiting for, it's a giant of a man who has come looking for Einar, to claim back what he thinks is his. Wolff knew Einar back in Alaska, and has a tale to tell of gold and the corruption and lust it brings. Now Sig knows why Einar kept a gun; if only he could manage to get it out of the storeroom. Einar had let him and his sister shoot the Colt just once to know what it was like.

"He tried not to smile, for Anna's sake, but inside he felt the best he'd ever felt in his whole life. It had felt amazing, incredible, indescribable. It hadn't been frightening at all.
The only frightening thing was how easy it had been, but it would be years before he understood that."

The tension rises with each short chapter, and there is a definite frontier feel to this novel with its themes of gold and guns. The far north too has never seemed as cold as when Einar is explaining about the effects of sub-zero temperatures on gunmetal - as always, Sedgwick's research is top notch. Ultimately though, Sig's dilemma over whether or not to use the gun is the most fascinating part of the story and makes this short novel a great little thriller making it my first five star read of the year.

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B. Robinson

Ideal read for a wintery day or evening when the snows on the ground

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 24, 2012

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I really enjoyed this tale predominantly about Sig who's left alone in a cabin in the Arctic circle with only his father's body for company until a stranger appears at the door. Told in several parts with flashbacks to the past this story will keep you turning the pages. A good crossover YA read in my opinion, well written and atmospheric.

The cover is a little off putting but I suppose it does make a statement.

I liked the way the sections of the book start off with a page that gives the year and area that the story takes part in with a gun being built up as the story unfolds.

Mr. M. L. Housley-smith

Genius as always

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 10, 2013

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Five stars all the way. Marcus Sedwick writes books that are near impossible to put down and I read them cover to cover without lifting my eyes from the page, except to do what needs to be done to survive. He weaves stories that I could never imagine from places and objects that seem disconnected, as if he has drawn them from a hat. Yet they read as if written in one fluid sitting, without need to plot or think. That is the sign of a great writer, you feel as if you are being told the story and not that you are reading it. You associate fully with the characters in this book and as the plot comes to fruition you may, as I did, find yourself smiling at how neatly everything and everyone was tied together. Brilliant!

Marcus Arraya

An exciting yarn

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 27, 2019

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An engaging story well worth reading. Good scene setting and characterisation, you can feel the isolation the cold and the intruding force of a dangerous stranger.

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