Rebecca Caudill Teaser for Trouble by Gary D. Schmidt

Trouble by Gary D. Schmidt, Is a complex and powerful story. 14-year old Henry has been told by his father, that "If you build your house far enough away from Trouble, then Trouble will never find you." Trouble does find Henry and his family, however, when his older brother is hit by a car, left in a coma, and later dies. The last word his brother speaks to Henry is the word "Kadahdin" refering to a mountain in Maine that the two boys had planned to climb together. As Henry plans to climb the mountain in his brother's honor, he learns things about his brother he never knew. The Rebecca Caudill Evaluators Committee recommends this title for Gr. 7-8th, and I would definitely agree. It is worth 12 AR points.