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35th out of 290 books
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192 voters
Revolver
1910. A cabin north of the Arctic Circle. Fifteen-year-old Sig Andersson is alone. Alone, except for the corpse of his father, who died earlier that day after falling through a weak spot on the ice-covered lake. His sister, Anna, and step-mother, Nadya, have gone to the local town for help. Then comes a knock at the door. It's a man, the flash of a revolver's butt at his h...more
Hardcover, 224 pages
Published
July 16th 2009
by Orion
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Feb 20, 2011
Tatiana
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
fans of Jack London
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Revolver is a 2011 Printz Honor winner and yet, only 276 people on Goodreads have read it. After reading this book, I understand why.
This a beautifully written YA novel, but I have no idea who would be its audience. Boys will not read it because there is no magic or action, girls - because there is no romance or high school drama.
Revolver is set in 1910th Antarctic wilderness. 14-year old Sig just found his father's dead body. He froze to death after falling under ice...more
Revolver is a 2011 Printz Honor winner and yet, only 276 people on Goodreads have read it. After reading this book, I understand why.
This a beautifully written YA novel, but I have no idea who would be its audience. Boys will not read it because there is no magic or action, girls - because there is no romance or high school drama.
Revolver is set in 1910th Antarctic wilderness. 14-year old Sig just found his father's dead body. He froze to death after falling under ice...more
I won this book through the Goodreads First-Reads giveaway. So, a big "thank you" to both Goodreads and the publisher for this book.
This is a fast paced tale of survival that will have you turning page after page to find out what happens next. I finished this book in 1 day (something I don't accomplish very often).
15 year old Sig Andersson is alone in his family's cabin with the body of his father who had tragically died earlier that same day when a mysterious and dangerous looking stranger come...more
This is a fast paced tale of survival that will have you turning page after page to find out what happens next. I finished this book in 1 day (something I don't accomplish very often).
15 year old Sig Andersson is alone in his family's cabin with the body of his father who had tragically died earlier that same day when a mysterious and dangerous looking stranger come...more
Jul 13, 2011
Susan
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
anyone
Recommended to Susan by:
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Bang! This little book shoots straight. Set in the Arctic in 1910 and gold rush fever, the novel tells a simple but powerful tale of Sig who finds his frozen father's body in the ice near their cabin and the moral quanderies that follow. While his sister Anna and stepmother, Nadya seek help, a tall burly stranger appears at the door demanding to be given what Sig's father had promised him many years before. The wolf-like man is obviously dangerous and Sig has to use his knowledge of the Colt 45...more
After his father freezes to death, young Sig must wait alone with the corpse while his sister goes to get help. Once his sister leaves, there is a knock at the door: a mysterious stranger forces his way into his home and demands that Sig give him the gold that his father had stolen from him. Sig knows nothing about the gold, and as the stranger becomes more violent, Sig debates about whether or not to use his father's hidden revolver.
This was a really fast paced read. It was interestingly told t...more
This was a really fast paced read. It was interestingly told t...more
Sep 20, 2012
Kelly Knapp
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
all teens, but perhaps boys slightly more than girls
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Found in a donated box of books
Sig's father has died and he is left alone with the body while his step-mother and sister go to the local village for help. But while he waits for help to return, a stranger appears who has been looking for Sig's father for a long time. He has a debt to extract from the father and is furious to find that he is dead. Positive that the father would have passed on the knowledge to his son, the stranger holds to boy hostage, demanding answers, and he has a gun to back up his threats.
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Aug 21, 2012
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Revolver
By: Marcus Sedgwick
I think revolver was a really good book. The reason why I liked this book is because I think it was a very mysterious book. Lots things like when the mysterious man named Wolff showed up in search for the main character Sigs dad, but because Einer, Sigs dad, died on the ice, Sig tries to improvise saying that he’ll be home any moment. The best part to me was when Wolff said “is that your papa under that blanket, boy?” that’s when Sig realized he was in trouble. What I...more
By: Marcus Sedgwick
I think revolver was a really good book. The reason why I liked this book is because I think it was a very mysterious book. Lots things like when the mysterious man named Wolff showed up in search for the main character Sigs dad, but because Einer, Sigs dad, died on the ice, Sig tries to improvise saying that he’ll be home any moment. The best part to me was when Wolff said “is that your papa under that blanket, boy?” that’s when Sig realized he was in trouble. What I...more
Jul 21, 2012
Beverly
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
13-14 year old
Recommended to Beverly by:
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Revolver is part historical fiction (set in the frozen artic 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 r...more
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REVIEW: Revolver (Built with amazing mood, tone and tension since 1910/1899)
Sedgwick, M. (2009). Revolver. New York: Roaring Brook Press.
201 pages.
Appetizer: Sig's father is dead. He died in an accident on the arctic ice. He died falling through thin ice that he should have--must have--known better than to cross over. 14-year-old Sig doesn't question the tragedy of his father's death too much until the very next day, when a strange and threatening man arrives at the family's cabin while Sig is t...more
Sedgwick, M. (2009). Revolver. New York: Roaring Brook Press.
201 pages.
Appetizer: Sig's father is dead. He died in an accident on the arctic ice. He died falling through thin ice that he should have--must have--known better than to cross over. 14-year-old Sig doesn't question the tragedy of his father's death too much until the very next day, when a strange and threatening man arrives at the family's cabin while Sig is t...more
Wow. It's pretty crazy how fast I devoured this book. I liked that it wasn't annoyingly long, cliché or sugar-coated. Sure, the writing is more on the simple side, but in this case, it fit with the book like a glove.
But wait: guns, no romance, a slightly childish protagonist, simplistic writing, and a predictable plot. Pshaw! Well I’d probably narrow my eyes and be prone to pass this book up in a heartbeat.
But surprisingly, I found myself rather loving it.
You have our protagonist, Sig. He absol...more
But wait: guns, no romance, a slightly childish protagonist, simplistic writing, and a predictable plot. Pshaw! Well I’d probably narrow my eyes and be prone to pass this book up in a heartbeat.
But surprisingly, I found myself rather loving it.
You have our protagonist, Sig. He absol...more
Easy to tell why Revolver is highly honored. it's a thrilling historical story of adventure and survival for boys that girls and adults will also enjoy. It takes readers to a place most have never been before, the other side of the arctic circle. I spent some time in Nome, Alaska some years ago, one of the two locations of the novel, the descriptions inside took me back.
We start in 1910 in Giron, Alaska inside a lonely cabin, with 14-year-old Sig and his father's corpse. The story question, what...more
We start in 1910 in Giron, Alaska inside a lonely cabin, with 14-year-old Sig and his father's corpse. The story question, what...more
I was initially drawn to this book by the title and cover because of my guilty fascination with handguns and reading the synopsis on the back cover only further peaked my interests. After the first two pages I was hooked waiting for the dark intrigue to unravel itself.
The story follows Sig and his immediate family, the chapters will occasionally switch between the past and the present but it is done so without giving any confusion and also leads you to ask more questions about the story and real...more
The story follows Sig and his immediate family, the chapters will occasionally switch between the past and the present but it is done so without giving any confusion and also leads you to ask more questions about the story and real...more
“Even the dead tell stories…”
This quote keeps running though 14 year old Sig Anderson’s head. He is sitting in his family’s isolated cabin in the Arctic Circle. ..his only company the corpse of his father who they pulled off of the frozen ice hours before. Sig’s sister and step mother have gone for help: leaving Sig all alone…until a mysterious stranger shows up. He is carrying a gun and demands the gold that Sigs father stole from him 10 years ago. Sig does not know about any gold his father ha...more
This quote keeps running though 14 year old Sig Anderson’s head. He is sitting in his family’s isolated cabin in the Arctic Circle. ..his only company the corpse of his father who they pulled off of the frozen ice hours before. Sig’s sister and step mother have gone for help: leaving Sig all alone…until a mysterious stranger shows up. He is carrying a gun and demands the gold that Sigs father stole from him 10 years ago. Sig does not know about any gold his father ha...more
What starts as a lean, stark tale of life in the extreme colds of the north quickly becomes a taut survival story, horrific coming-of-age action moment, and harrowing mystery of greed and lust.
Sig lives in an Arctic wilderness with his loving father, older sister, and stepmother in a cabin six miles from the closest village. Then his precise, deliberate dad does the unthinkable: recklessly runs his dogsled across unsafe ice and stupidly freezes himself to death after falling through a hole. The...more
Sig lives in an Arctic wilderness with his loving father, older sister, and stepmother in a cabin six miles from the closest village. Then his precise, deliberate dad does the unthinkable: recklessly runs his dogsled across unsafe ice and stupidly freezes himself to death after falling through a hole. The...more
A few pages in I stopped thinking about the writing, and started following the story. Alone in the frozen Arctic circle with his father's frozen corpse a Bear of a man arrives at the door. A past that he doesn't remember has caught up with him. 'Love, sing, cry, and fight, but all the time, seek to know everything you can about the earth upon which you stand, till your time is done.' Both Einar and Maria had tried to teach Sig this same message. it was simply that they went about it in very diff...more
About the Book: It's 1910 and Einar and his family are living in a small cabin in the Arctic Circle. Sig has just discovered that his fathers sled fell through the ice when trying to cross. Now Sig waits alone in the cabin with his fathers corpse, waiting for help to arrive. A stranger appears at the door, demanding that Sig give him his share the gold Einar had stolen from him. Sig knows nothing of the gold and must find a way to escape the strange man and save himself.
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Nora's Review: Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick has been compared to a one act play, and this seems pretty accurate. A mystery and thriller, the book takes place in the Arctic Circle in both the present and the past. Sig Andersson is a young boy on the brink of becoming a man. His father has dragged Sig and his sister around the top of the world, almost starving and freezing to death on multiple occasions. When the story begins in the present, we discover that Sig’s father is dead on the ice. In the...more
I really, really wanted to like this book. I used to read Jack London like it was my job, so this whole "child trapped in the Arctic with the dead body of his father and a mystery surrounding gooooold" sounded awesome. And you know I have to love anything even vaguely Swedish. (Hej y'all!) Plus, this almost won the Printz!
Unfortunately, I had an issue with kind of the main crux of the story, hence the low rating.
So, Sig is trapped in the wilderness with a crazy wild bear-man of a killer. There's...more
Unfortunately, I had an issue with kind of the main crux of the story, hence the low rating.
So, Sig is trapped in the wilderness with a crazy wild bear-man of a killer. There's...more
"Even the dead tell stories."
Set in 1910, in an isolated mining community within the Arctic Circle, this novel begins with the death of Sig's father, who broke through the ice on his way back home, and froze after an agonizing attempt to save himself. Sig retrieves his father's body, and returns it to the cabin where he lives with his older sister and stepmother. Sig stays with his father's body while the other two go to find help. When a mysterious and menacing man comes to the cabin door hours...more
Set in 1910, in an isolated mining community within the Arctic Circle, this novel begins with the death of Sig's father, who broke through the ice on his way back home, and froze after an agonizing attempt to save himself. Sig retrieves his father's body, and returns it to the cabin where he lives with his older sister and stepmother. Sig stays with his father's body while the other two go to find help. When a mysterious and menacing man comes to the cabin door hours...more
Above the Artic Circle, where Sig and his family have lived for over a decade, survival isn't easy. After his father falls through thin ice and freezes to death, 15-year-old Sig waits at home with the body while his stepmother and sister go to the nearby town to get help.
While waiting for their return, he gets an unexpected visitor named Wolff - a giant of a man with a gun and a merciless personality. Wolff says that Sig's father stole a fortune gold from him, and demands that Sig return what i...more
While waiting for their return, he gets an unexpected visitor named Wolff - a giant of a man with a gun and a merciless personality. Wolff says that Sig's father stole a fortune gold from him, and demands that Sig return what i...more
Apr 11, 2011
Jennifer Wardrip
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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Reviewed by Sally Kruger aka "Readingjunky" for TeensReadToo.com
It's 1910 in the frozen land of the Arctic Circle. Sig has never known any other life. His father came here to get rich finding gold, but that never happened. Now, it is just Sig, his sister, Anna, and their step-mother, Nadya, because Sig's father is dead.
It happened as he returned from town. He foolishly cut across the lake on the dogsled. He always told Sig it was not the safest route, but for some reason he didn't heed his own a...more
It's 1910 in the frozen land of the Arctic Circle. Sig has never known any other life. His father came here to get rich finding gold, but that never happened. Now, it is just Sig, his sister, Anna, and their step-mother, Nadya, because Sig's father is dead.
It happened as he returned from town. He foolishly cut across the lake on the dogsled. He always told Sig it was not the safest route, but for some reason he didn't heed his own a...more
The main characters in this book are Sig, Einar (father), Anna(sister), Nadya, and Wolff. The book opens with Sig in a cabin north of the Artic Circle shortly after discovering his father frozen to death on the ice. Sig begins to wonder why his father would have been so careless when he was always preaching safety in the wilderness. A little while later there is a knock on the door and a bear of a man named Wolff says that he is there to take care of some unfinished business with Sig’s father. T...more
Sedgwick, M. (2010). Revolver. New York, NY: Roaring Brook Press.
A day after the death of his father a stranger comes to visit Sig Andersson. The man, a big, burly beast named Wolff is looking for the gold that Sig's father promised him 10 years earlier. What follows is a tense game of good vs evil as Sig tries to escape. His dilemma? Use his father's antique colt to kill the man, or die at his hand. Sedgwick's taut historical fiction will appeal to fans of Gary Paulsen. The writing is strong, w...more
A day after the death of his father a stranger comes to visit Sig Andersson. The man, a big, burly beast named Wolff is looking for the gold that Sig's father promised him 10 years earlier. What follows is a tense game of good vs evil as Sig tries to escape. His dilemma? Use his father's antique colt to kill the man, or die at his hand. Sedgwick's taut historical fiction will appeal to fans of Gary Paulsen. The writing is strong, w...more
This was another one of this years Printz Honor books. Sig finds his father frozen to death on the ice. The same day while his sister and step mother go for help a man he's met before as a child that he has no memory of appears in their cabin in Giron. Gunther Wolff claims to have been Einar's business partner and that he and Wolff were cheating prospectors and that Sig and his family ran off with Wolff's half. Sig must figure out what the truth is and whether he should get his father's revolver...more
In Sedgwick’s grim, chilling story set in the Arctic Circle, Sig finds his father’s frozen corpse as human predator Wolff arrives seeking retribution and a hidden Gold Rush treasure.
This adventure novel, set in the frozen tundra, will remind you of Jack London and Cormac McCarthy, with its plot centering on survival against an implacable foe named Wolff. It is full of nail biting action, and tautly written without a wasted sentence. But it is more than an adventure story. The author introduces c...more
This adventure novel, set in the frozen tundra, will remind you of Jack London and Cormac McCarthy, with its plot centering on survival against an implacable foe named Wolff. It is full of nail biting action, and tautly written without a wasted sentence. But it is more than an adventure story. The author introduces c...more
This book absolutely deserves all the starred reviews it has received - I loved it! Set in the Arctic wilderness against the backdrop of the Alaskan Gold Rush it begins in 1910 with a gruesome discovery. Fourteen-year-old Sig finds the dead body of his father Einar on the lake near their isolated cabin; Einar has frozen to death after falling through the ice because he inexplicably failed to follow his own advice against crossing the lake too near the mouth of the river. Shortly after Sig brings...more
Jan 01, 2011
Yolanda Sfetsos
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
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After reading and really enjoying WHITE CROW, I was very excited about reading other Marcus Sedgwick books. And thanks to Hachette Children's Books, I now have three on my bookshelf. Yay. :)
I was actually looking at them last night and decided to start reading this one--just to get a taste of it, see what the first chapter was like. Before I realised it, I was about twenty pages away from finishing it. Seriously, it was that good.
The book starts in 1910, and focuses on Sig Andersson. He's a teen...more
I was actually looking at them last night and decided to start reading this one--just to get a taste of it, see what the first chapter was like. Before I realised it, I was about twenty pages away from finishing it. Seriously, it was that good.
The book starts in 1910, and focuses on Sig Andersson. He's a teen...more
Sig is 14, and still a boy, living with his family in the far north, where life is cold and difficult. His father has just died -- fallen through the ice and frozen to death -- and Sig is alone in the house with the body. Then a man appears. A large, thoroughly horrifying man. He wants half of the gold Sig's father stole years ago, when they lived in Nome during the Gold Rush. Sig and his family are poor. There is no gold. Sig does not know what to tell this violent, insistent man that will keep...more
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It is 1910. Thirteen year old Sig lives with his sister, father and stepmother in an isolated cabin in the frozen clutches of the Arctic circle. They are extremely poor and have very little in the way of possessions, but in the pantry, in a wooden box, is a Colt Forty-four forty revolver.
The book opens with Sig's father's dead body lying on the cabin table. Sig has been left alone with his father's corpse while his sister and stepmother travel the six mile distance into town to get help. There i...more
The book opens with Sig's father's dead body lying on the cabin table. Sig has been left alone with his father's corpse while his sister and stepmother travel the six mile distance into town to get help. There i...more
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Marcus Sedgwick (b 1968) was born in Kent, England. Marcus is a British author and illustrator as well as a musician. He used to play for two bands namely playing the drums for Garrett and as the guitarist in an ABBA tribute group. He has published novels such as Floodland (winner of the Branford Boase Award in 2001) and The Dark Horse (shortlisted for The Guardian Children's Book Award 2002).
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