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Recommended by Rosie Shaw (@rosieshaw44)
Form and genre: novel – historical thriller
Length: 244 pages
Summary: A gun. Alaska in the goldrush. Snow. An isolated cabin, a father’s death, a 14 year old boy and a stranger at the door. What does the stranger want and how does an old revolver fit into this tense historical thriller?
Age recommendation and challenging content: Attempted rape scene. Death. Would recommend for Year 8.
Notable reasons for recommending this book: Use of flashback structure. Suspense. Thriller genre. Good for descriptive writing tasks using flashback and plot devices.