"This sequel to the Scott O'Dell award-winning Bo at Ballard Creek finds Bo, younger brother Graf, and their papas leaving one Alaska mining town for another . this episodic novel is filled with local color." -- Booklist, STARRED REVIEW "This series is a good historical fiction alternative to the "Little House on the Prairie" books, with updated understandings of race, gender, and family." -- School Library Journal "Illustrated with robust spot art and lightly but effectively plotted, this second book about Bo has all the virtues of the first: humor, good nature, and characters and situations that are colorful without ever becoming picturesque." -- The Horn Book "The disarmingly forthright tone is set right at the start . cheerful. Like Little House in the Big Woods but . more rambunctious.

" -- The Horn Book, starred review on Bo at Ballard Creek "It's the simple things that thrill, and Hill, born and raised in a gold-mining Alaskan community herself, infuses her text with engaging small details, while Pham's exuberant illustrations add playfulness to the story." -- Booklist on Bo at Ballard Creek "Bo is an endearing Pollyanna in a parka." -- Kirkus Reviews on Bo at Ballard Creek.