(2) 4-6 Illustrated by LeUyen Pham. Bo (Bo at Ballard Creek), her two papas, and her brother leave their small Alaskan mining camp for a bigger settlement. Bo learns to read, makes friends, learns about prejudice, and acquires another adopted brother. With robust spot art and light but effective plotting, this book has all the virtues of the first: humor, good nature, and colorful characters and situations.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2015

(1) 4-6 Illustrated by LeUyen Pham. The disarmingly forthright tone is set right at the start of this book when we meet Bo, a little girl who lives with her papas (yes, that's plural) in a small gold-rush town in 1920s Alaska. Like Little House in the Big Woods but with a considerably larger cast (miners, Eskimos, old-timers, good-time girls), small events and crises keep the story involving.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2013

(4) YA When Deet's beloved stepfather is arrested for drug possession, Deet is mortified. He gradually overcomes his anger and shame to visit the jail and learns that small-town prison life isn't as bad as he'd assumed. Set in Alaska, this slow, character-driven story has an unsubtle message ("Jail wasn't the end of the world"), but Hill tackles the subject with class.

Reviewer: Mark Adam

(1) 4-6 Girls of Many Lands series. Twelve-year-old Minuk, a Yup'ik girl living in 1890 Alaska, is eager to learn about the Hoffs, a family of Christian missionaries, and the wider world they represent. While Minuk struggles to understand their faith and ponders the lower status of women in both cultures, the plot consists mainly of events in the daily life of the village. This story, and the skillful manner in which it is told, should knock the socks off habitual readers of series historical fiction. Glos.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2003

(2) 4-6 In this story set in 1948 Alaska, ten-year-old Frederika is intrigued by the new teacher, wondering if she'll last the year at their remote Athabascan village's one-room school. The pleasures in this novel stem less from the plot (which is essentially nonexistent) than they do from the anecdotes about Miss Agnes's masterful teaching methods, as conveyed by Fred in her distinct and definite voice.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2000