Things I loved about this story about an angsty 12 y.o. spending time at her aunt & uncle's house on the coast of British Columbia:

- absolutely great descriptions of archaeology
- one of the only books for the general public (for adults or children!) that I've seen that deals with the idea of "who owns the past", pot-hunting, scientific archaeology, and the repatriation of human remains to Native peoples
- beautiful treatment of the natural environment
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When Peggy’s mother has to go to Toronto to look for work, she is left to live with her mother’s sister and her husband in Crescent Beach. While they are excavating a pond in their backyard they discover a native burial site. The ensuing archaeological dig puts the local archaeologist, her aunt and uncle, and a local trader in native artifacts at odds. Interspersed with the story of Peggy’s situation and the dig is a story of the man whose body is being excavated and an explanation of the con More...