This is the story of a quest for a lost baseball treasure, and of a boy finding his own family roots and a place in the big city. A lively tale, it shows how kids who seem powerless can work together to take on some of life's daunting challenges as they deal with schoolroom bullies and street gangs.
Tom Henighan has published twenty books, six of which are novels for young adults, including Mercury Man, shortlisted for the Red Maple Award; Viking Quest and Viking Terror, two historical novels set in medieval Canada; and, more recently, Demon in My View and Doom Lake Holiday. He taught adult fiction for ten years at Carleton University and has appeared at various children's literature festivals, including those at Harbourfront and Eden Mills,as well as the 2011 MASC workshops in childrenâe(tm)s writing in Ottawa, where he lives.