Back To ListReading the BonesA Peggy Henderson AdventureByGina McMurchy-BarberPublished February 2008Paperback$ 11.99Paperback$ 11.99ePub$ 8.99 Add to CartShop LocalDescription Short-listed for the 2009 Silver Birch Award, commended for the 2009 Best Books for Kids & Teens Due to circumstances beyond her control, 12-year-old Peggy Henderson has to move to the quiet town of Crescent Beach, British Columbia, to live with her aunt and uncle. Without a father and separated from her mother, who’s looking for work, Peggy feels her unhappiness increasing until the day she and her uncle start digging a pond in the backyard and she realizes the rock she’s been trying to pry from the ground is really a human skull. Peggy eventually learns that her home and the entire seaside town were built on top of a 5000-year-old Coast Salish fishing village. With the help of an elderly archaeologist, a woman named Eddy, Peggy comes to know the ancient storyteller buried in her yard in a way that few others can – by reading the bones. As life with her aunt becomes more and more unbearable, Peggy looks to the old Salish man from the past for help and answers. Of Related InterestBone DeepGina McMurchy-BarberA Bone to PickGina McMurchy-BarberPeggy Henderson Adventures 4-Book BundleGina McMurchy-BarberThe Jigsaw Puzzle KingGina McMurchy-BarberFree as a BirdGina McMurchy-BarberReviews It's an entertaining read that also manages – in its story twists relating to the potential fate of precious artifacts – to nudge the reader subtly towards an understanding of the importance of modern cultural resource management.Black Press... it is an interesting read and certainly presents some of the enigmatic allure of archaeology in enticing terms.Resource LinksReading the Bones is an excellent story that shows the importance of the past to the present, but also the importance of learning who you are.Recommended.CM MagazinePreviousNextContributorsGina McMurchy-BarberGina McMurchy-Barber is the author of Free as a Bird, a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award, and the Peggy Henderson Adventure Series. Gina lives in Surrey, B.C.View Author Page Book DetailsPaperbackFebruary 20085.25x8.25 in152 pp9781550027327ePubFebruary 2008-152 pp9781554885954ePubFebruary 2008-152 pp9781770702752