Drumlin Fever

Written by Graham Cotter & Illustrated by Audrey Caryi

Drumlin fever has taken over the small rural community of Warkworth. The drumlins—elongated hills left behind by retreating glaciers—add to the calm beauty of this quiet corner of Ontario. But greedy land developers are buying up farmland to build subdivisions, hoping for big profits as they wreak havoc on the environment. The four Scace children get caught up in their parents’ opposition to the land grab, little realizing how dangerous their involvement will become. They experience strange, dream-like states that transport them back into the primordial world when the drumlins were formed.

As the children struggle to understand what is happening to them, the developers finally go too far in their destruction of the landscape, and the forces of nature are unleashed. Funny and suspenseful by turns, Drumlin Fever is an exuberant tribute to both Warkworth and Mother Earth. Cotter wrote it in the 1970s, reflecting on issues that still affect the countryside today.

Drumlin Fever is published by Baccalieu Books. To purchase a copy, ($28 CDN - includes shipping) please email
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