Middle of Nowhere

A middle-grade novel about two maybe-orphans and their unlikely friendship with a cranky old neighbor. At first Curtis isn't that worried when his mother doesn't come home from her all-night job at the local gas station. She'll be back, he's ten out of ten positive. Besides, Curtis is used to looking after himself and his five-year-old brother, Artie. But when the landlord starts pressuring them for the rent and the authorities start to investigate, it's more than a 12-year-old can handle. Just in time, Mrs. Burt, the cranky, lonely old lady who lives across the street, offers to take Curtis and Artie to her lakeside cabin for the summer. As summer sails by and the weather grows colder, Mrs. Burt seems to be preparing to spend the winter at the cabin, and Curtis starts to worry. Have they really all just absconded to the lake for a summer holiday? Or have the two boys been kidnapped?

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Groundwood Books
Published: 08/05/2014
ISBN: 9781554981328
Pages: 216
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.40h x 5.00w x 0.80d
Award: Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award - Nominee

Review Citations: Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2012
School Library Journal 06/01/2012

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 150644 / Middle of Nowhere
Reading Level: 4.1 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 6