Kirjahaku

Will Rollins, a greenhorn--cheechako--(chee-chock-oh) is miserable in his new Alaska life. In addition to the bully hassling him, he can't seem to make any friends in school and doesn't know a thing about dogsleds, riverboats, hunting, or survival at 40 degrees below zero. Even though he doesn't feel very brave, Will darts out alone onto rampaging-river ice to rescue a stranded dog. His bravery wins him a valuable, trained sled dog, Blackie, and a new human friend as well, a Native American boy named Elias. It's Elias who challenges and inspires the cheechako to become a rugged outdoorsman and a real Alaskan. Will starts out by feeding, harnessing and then driving a sled dog team. He learns to throw a hatchet-and hit what he aims at He learns to snowshoe and stay alive in the cold, to challenge his fears and to keep moving when everything he wants to do is quit. Best of all, he learns to be a good friend.But when a fierce, Siberian blizzard rampages across central Alaska, stranding Will's family, nearly burying their log cabin in wind-blown snow drifts, it will be up to Will and Blackie to try to make it out alive. With Elias injured and Will's family in danger of freezing, can a cheechako save them? Can he save himself? A thrilling read for boys or girls who love adventure

The year is 1955. Eisenhower is President. Al Kaline and the Dodgers still own Brooklyn. And Elvis is driving a truck. Up north in Alaska, the Cold War heats up fast when secrets are stolen from a Dew Line Radar Station. What the new priest, young Father Hardy, doesn't know could kill him. A list that includes murderers, spies and survival at forty degrees below zero. He's an Episcopal priest, newly ordained and newly a widower. New to this remote Alaskan village, he's helping the villagers and hiding a broken heart. But who helps him when a body is found and a young girl threatened-when he sees things he just can't explain? Can he trust his new friends? Andy-an Athabascan Indian-dead-eye sniper in World War II Italy. And Evie. Is Hardy falling for her? Is she the murderer? In a land where any exposure is dangerous, indecent exposure kills.