Napoli, Donna Jo, 1948-

North / Donna Jo Napoli. - New York : Scholastic, Inc., 2006, c2004. - 354 p. ; 22 cm.

"This edition is available for distribution only through the school market"--p. [4] of cover.

Tired of his mother's overprotectiveness and intrigued by the life of African American explorer Matthew Henson, twelve-year-old Alvin travels north and spends a season with a trapper near the Arctic Circle.

ISBN: 0439895847 (pbk.) 9780439895842 (pbk.)

Subjects--Personal Names:
Henson, Matthew Alexander, 1866-1955 --Fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Runaways--Fiction.
Inuit--Fiction.
Voyages and travels--Fiction.
Eskimos--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Bylot Island (Nunavut)--Fiction.
Canada--Fiction.

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]