Book description
Shelby Belgarden isn't exactly thrilled when people start thinking
Greg is her boyfriend. After all, she's more interested in the
athletic Nick Jarvis. But one day Greg suddenly becomes more
interesting to Shelby -- though for all the wrong reasons: Shelby
begins to suspect that Greg is responsible for the series of arsons
that have occurred in her small New Brunswick town in recent weeks.
After finding out that Greg and his father had moved to this town
after their old home burnt down - with Greg's mother inside - Shelby
finds Greg's gasoline-soaked mitten near the scene of the latest arson.
Shelby launches her own investigation into the crimes. As she does,
she becomes aware that whoever is responsible may have been a victim
of sexual abuse.
"The novel encourages readers to reflect on why they make the
choices that they doan excellent launching point for a discussion about
peer pressure."
Valerie Sherrard is the author of 12 previous
novels for young people, including the Shelby Belgarden Mysteries,
Watcher, Sarah's Legacy, Speechless, and her
first historical novel, Three Million Acres of Flame. Her work
has been shortlisted for numerous Canadian awards, including the Red
Maple, White Pine, and Arthur Ellis Awards. She lives in Miramichi,
New Brunswick.
