North
By: Donna Jo Napoli
Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.; Turtleback
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9780439895842
Description: Tired of his mother's overprotectiveness and intrigued by the life of African American explorer Matthew Henson, twelve-year-old Alvin travels north and spends a season with a trapper near the Arctic Circle.
Notes: "This edition is available for distribution only through the school market"--p. [4] of cover.