Dust
Arthur Slade
192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
ISBN: 0440229766
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Language: English
Publish: 1097564400000
CanadaFantasyFictionHistoricalHistorical FictionHorrorMiddle GradeMysteryScience FictionYoung Adult
SEVEN-YEAR-OLD MATTHEW DISAPPEARS one day on a walk into Horshoe, a dust bowl farm town in Depression-era Saskatchewan. Other children go missing just as a strange man named Abram Harsich appears in town. He dazzles the townspeople with the promises of a rainmaking machine. Only Matthew’s older brother Robert seems to be able to resist Abram’s spell, and to discover what happened to Matthew and the others.A Governor General’s Award for Children’s LiteratureAn ALA Best Books for Young AdultsFrom the Hardcover edition.