Once again, Van Reid enthralls with a story filled with wonderment, romance, and old-fashioned adventure, from the catacomb-like underground of the Portland waterfront to a perilous night pursuit on the October coast. During the autumn of 1896 in Portland, Maine, feisty society columnist Mollie Peer believes that a little ragamuffin boy, known only as Bird, is merely the subject of a story that will propel her to the level of a true reporter. Instead, the chain of events she sets in motion, and the heroic people she comes to know, lead her to better understand her own valor and compassion as she follows the boy into the dark world of the nightrunners. She is joined in her pursuit of these shadowy figures by the hapless, yet loveable members of the Moosepath League. This is an entertaining novel about the triumph of simply kindness.

About the Author
Van Reid's family has lived in Edgecomb, Maine, since the 1800s. Reid was a long-time bookseller and lives with his wife and children in a house Reid and his brother built on their family's land. His series of novels about the Moosepath League--of which Mollie Peer is the second--take place in the late 1800s on coastal Maine.

Reviews
"Thoroughly easygoing and entertaining . . . Mollie Peer is great fun." --The New York Times Book Review * The New York Times *
". . . sparkles with comedy, romance, and melodrama." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review * Kirkus *
"Reid extracts humor from nearly every detail, writing with gleeful vigor." --Publishers Weekly, starred review * Publishers Weekly *



Book Information
ISBN 9781608935208
Author Van Reid
Format Paperback
Page Count 360
Imprint Down East Books,U.S.
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Weight(grams) 481g
Dimensions(mm) 230mm * 150mm * 19mm