Dekker and his little sister Riley have temporarily moved to
Button Hill while their mom is taking college classes at night. They assume they are going to be bored out of
their minds living with their Aunt Primrose.
She is old, smelly and
weird. But, things take a drastic turn
when Dekker finds an old clock made out of bones, with a skull for a face in
his aunt’s basement. His first mistake
was moving the skull face. His aunt has
told him not to touch it. When he locks
his sister in the basement while playing a game, thing go from bad to
worse. When she doesn’t respond to him
he goes into the basement and finds the old well is now open and his sister is
gone. He goes down the well only to find
his sister, his neighbor Harper who he kind of likes, and someone who wants to
replace him in his world named Cobb.
Dekker and Riley have traveled from Dayside to Nightside. Dayside is where the living are, and
nightside is where the dead are. Harper
has lived in both places. In Nightside,
making a bargain can have severe consequences as Dekker and his sister both
find out. Will they be able to escape
Nightside? Will their Aunt Primrose be
able to help? This was a wonderful book.
It was fun to read and creepy at the same time. This is a story of
friendship, family, love and sacrifice. It
is the type of book I know my students will love.
About the Author
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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.
