Mercury

August 31, 5:15 PM, French Hill, Nova Scotia: A girl named Tara is running. She runs through her nice neighborhood and up a road to the burned ruins of what was once a beautiful house--her family's house.

August 31, 1859, French Hill, Nova Scotia: A girl named Josey is picking blackberries with her friend Connie. As the girls gossip, a handsome stranger knocks on the door of Josey's house. His name is Asa, and with his coming, Josey's life--and later in time, Tara's as well--is about to change forever.

Because there is treasure in the woods that belong to Josey's family. Gold--an untold fortune. Asa has a secret way of finding it, and his partnership with Josey's father could make them all rich. But there is darkness in the woods, and in Asa. And in the present day, Tara, Josey's descendent, is about to discover the truth about what really happened in the family's past.

Eisner award winner Hope Larson weaves together history, romance, and a touch of her trademark magical realism in this remarkable graphic novel of how the past haunts a teenage girl's present.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 04/06/2010
ISBN: 9781416935889
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 7.94h x 6.10w x 0.61d

Review Citations: Booklist 11/01/2009 pg. 35
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2009 - Recommended - Readable
School Library Journal 03/01/2010 pg. 185
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2010 pg. 61
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 05/01/2010
Quill & Quire 07/01/2010 pg. 52
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2010 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 136066 / Mercury
Reading Level: 2.6 / Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus / Point Value: 1