Surviving Bear Island
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Disaster strikes while Tom and his father are kayaking in Alaska’s Prince William Sound, stranding Tom alone on a remote island with just a small emergency kit. Black-and-white map and illustrations.
ISBN: 9780985481094
JLG Release: Jun 2015
Sensitive Areas:
None
Topics:
Kayaking
, Wilderness survival
, Bears
, Fathers and sons
, Prince William Sound, Alaska
, Death of a parent
Awards & Honors
Middle Grade Fiction, Middle Grade Fiction
Praise & Reviews
Starred or favorable reviews have been received from these periodicals:
Kirkus Reviews
Junior Library Guild
- A suspenseful tale of survival. Tension builds as additional details about Tom’s kayaking accident are slowly revealed in well-paced flashbacks and his situation becomes dire as months go by and colder weather approaches.
- Tom is a strong protagonist. The first-person narrative is compelling, and Tom’s reflections on
- A suspenseful tale of survival. Tension builds as additional details about Tom’s kayaking accident are slowly revealed in well-paced flashbacks and his situation becomes dire as months go by and colder weather approaches.
- Tom is a strong protagonist. The first-person narrative is compelling, and Tom’s reflections on his relationship with his father and memories of his late mother add emotional complexity to the story.
- Paul Greci writes with authority about Alaska’s Prince William Sound, capturing the beauty and brutality of the environment: “At the shore my stomach clenched when I saw the continuous white blanket in the high country. Snow had fallen and accumulated up there while it had rained at sea level. And the snow line was lower than I’d seen it. I hoped it wouldn’t get any lower, but I knew winter was closing in.”
- The ending is satisfying, with a genuinely surprising yet believable reveal.
Book Details
ISBN
9780985481094
First Release
June 2015
Genre
Fic
Dewey Classification
Fic
Trim Size
6" x 9"
Page Count
192
Accelerated Reader
Level 5; Points: 9;
Scholastic Reading Counts
Level 4.7; Points: 16;
Lexile
Level 780L
Format
Print Book
Edition
Hardcover edition
Publisher
Move
Potentially Sensitive Areas
None
Topics
Kayaking, Wilderness survival, Bears, Fathers and sons, Prince William Sound, Alaska, Death of a parent,
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