Bobby of the Labrador

A boy washes into the frozen wilds of Labrador, the sole survivor of a derelict boat carrying a dead man. Found by the Eskimo fisherman Abel Zachariah and his wife, the feverish child is taken in and named Bobby, seen as a gift from God to the childless couple. What follows is a story of survival and belonging in one of the most unforgiving landscapes on earth, as Bobby grows from a sickly foundling into a hardy son of the North. Wallace, who co-authored the famous Singmaster leg-hold trap novels, crafts a vivid portrait of early 20th century Labrador: its brutal winters, its seal hunts and dog sled journeys, its indigenous culture rendered with respect and warmth. This is adventure fiction that understands home is not a place but the people who choose you, even when the sea has other plans. For readers who loved Call of the Wild or the frontier narratives of Jack London.