• Age: 9 to 12
• Grade: 4
• Reading age: 9 to 12

Short-listed for the 2009 Golden Eagle Book Award
To the Gwich’in First Nation, Shildii Rock near Fort McPherson in the Northwest Territories is a place of deep mythological significance.When 12-year-old Robin Harris, the son of a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer, spots someone on the rock staring at him, he just knows something is wrong. Robin and his friend Wayne Reindeer, a Gwichin youth, set out to discover what’s going on and to gain the respect of their fathers.
But Robin is notorious for his overactive imagination and has a hard time getting anyone to believe him. To make matters worse, there’s a crazy Dutch trapper with an ugly disposition and murder in his eyes. And whenever possible a new boy in town throws wrenches into Robin’s plans. When murder comes their way, Robin and Wayne realize its too late to turn back. Will the boys unlock the secrets of Shildii Rock in time? Or will they, too, fall victim to a killer?

Robert Feagan is the author of the children's novels Napachee and Mystery at Shildii Rock. He was born in Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories, and often accompanied his Royal Canadian Mounted Police father on patrols of the Mackenzie Delta by dog team. Feagan has lived in Yellowknife, Cambridge Bay, and Inuvik, but currently resides in St. Albert, Alberta, near Edmonton.

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• Short-listed, Golden Eagle Book Award

As a truly Canadian story of historic life in the outposts of Northwest Territories, Mystery at Shildii Rock is an interesting addition to Canadian children's literature.

CM Magazine

This is a very positive little book. Almost everyone who needs to learn something manages to do it.

The Whitehorse STAR

I really liked this book because it was charming, and not too long. The writing, the story line and the characters were all of good quality.

I would recommend Shildii Rock if you are looking for a short book that is well-written and entertaining.

The Lethbridge Herald

Mystery at Shildii Rock

This novel is based on events that happened to the author himself when he and his family lived in Fort McPherson and Inuvik, NWT. It incorporates the lifestyles and stories of the people of the Mackenzie Delta into an intriguing mystery. Set in the 1950s in a small northern town of mostly Aboriginal people, young Robin Harris, the son of the local RCMP officer, starts to put together several clues and events to solve a mystery and a murder that take place in their small community. Robin is aided by his friends Wayne and Tim, who have their own skills and ideas to help with the investigation. Since Robin is known for his overactive imagination, his father and other adults are not so quick to believe his theories until it is almost too late.

Feagan has written one other children’s novel, Napachee, which is also included in this catalogue.