Compass South Rūta Briede Will they be able to

Will they be able to work out their differences in time to rescue each other and get back home

When the biggest snowstorm of the season hits

" — The New York Times

In Barry’s hand

Back-to-back reflections on the death of a parent

Compass South Rūta Briede Will they be able toBy Hope Larson & Rebecca Mock. Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). Hardcover, 224 pages, Colour, 2016. It's 1860 in New York City. When 12 year old twins Alexander and Cleopatra's father disappears, they join the Black Hook Gang and are caught by the police pulling off a heist. They agree to reveal the identity of the gang in exchange for tickets to New Orleans. But once there, Alex is shanghaied to work on a ship that is heading for San