Button Hill

Marc Notes: 8; Electronic monograph.; Issued also in print format. Review Quotes: "A dark yet delightful tale for readers who love the unexpected, who long for secret passages and who live for annoying their siblings. When Dekker is trapped in the scary world beneath his strange Aunt's spooky house, he and his sister have to discover what really matters to even have a hope of seeing the real world again. The dead come alive, sort of, in this thrilling novel written by the talented, fun, and lively Michael Bradford."--Alice Kuipers, Award-winning author (12/03/2014) Brief Description: When Dekker and his little sister Riley are shipped off for the summer to their strange Aunt Primose in Button Hill, they think they are in for a long, boring summer. But when they find an old grandfather clock with a skull face, they are transported to another place, where children have special powers and the dead come to life!Publisher Marketing: Dekker isn't happy that he and his little sister, Riley, are stuck in Button Hill with their weird old great-aunt Primrose. When he discovers an old clock in the cellar, made entirely of bones and with a skull for a face, he doesn't think much about it. But when Riley goes missing, a strange boy named Cobb appears in Button Hill. He tells Dekker that Button Hill sits on the border between Nightside and Dayside--and that Riley is in Nightside and may never return. In order to save her, Dekker must follow her into the darkness and sacrifice something he thought he couldn't live without. Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2015 (EAN 9781459807556, Paperback) - *Starred Review School Library Journal 03/01/2015 pg. 132 (EAN 9781459807556, Paperback) Quill & Quire 04/01/2015 pg. 45 (EAN 9781459807556, Paperback) - *Starred Review Contributor Bio:  Bradford, Michael Michael Bradford was born in 1975 in St. Albert, Alberta. He has worked as a grass cutter, waiter, pizza-delivery boy, literacy teacher, elementary-school vice-principal and published poet. Button Hill is his first novel. He lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, with his wife and two children. Visit www.michaelbradford.ca for more information.