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by R. R. Davis
Publication date: 12th of August 2025
Never. Touch. The floor. At night.
It’s not easy for young Robert to fit into his remote Labrador island community. The son of an overbearing Scotsman with a dark past, his life is revolves around the icy, strict confines of his home. Rules govern his and his brother’s daily life, with one especially important one, about touching the floor at night.
As the terrifying outside world accidentally percolates into Robert’s day-to-day, his life starts to change – more dramatically than most teenagers should ever experience. The only comfort comes from a new friendship: Becky, a charismatic island girl … or is she?
Praise for Squid Boy Raven Girl
In this engrossing novel R. R. Davis deftly immerses the reader in the atmospheric, enigmatic, and perilous inner and outer worlds inhabited by Robert, a preteen living in a coastal Canadian Inuit village. The atmosphere of this book lingers in the mind long after it is put down. A good read.
— Patricia Vestal, author of Passageways
This book kept me a little off balance all the way through and it was precisely this which drove me forward to the ending. This is a tale of growing up and seeing things as they are. Or are they? Set on a remote island in Labrador, this story explores an Inuit community that is striking in its wisdom and resiliency, and at the same time suffering broadly from the impacts of colonialism. It’s an engaging story wrapped in a shroud of mystery.
—Iain MacDonald, author of I Piped, That She Might Dance
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