Extremely high stakes make Nowhere Wild, by Joe Beernink, a gripping read. Highly recommended.
Browsing: Survival
Author Joe Beernink talks to us about his young adult book ‘Nowhere Wild’ and novel writing.
The Children’s Book Review | March 6, 2017 Replete with pirate lore, tales of friendship, two strange men and a shaman,…
Replete with pirate lore, tales of friendship, two strange men and a shaman, Eye of an Eagle: A Peter Poppin Adventure is a fast-paced and mystical coming-of-age tale set in the 19th century.
Good friends Jimi and Isaac set off on an oceanic coming-of-age adventure of a lifetime.
Panic began as so many things do in Carp, a poor town of twelve thousand people in the middle of nowhere: because it was summer, and there was nothing else to do.
Orion Poe is an eleven-year-old boy who lives in Maine with his grandfather who is the caretaker of a lighthouse. When a large storm rolls in one evening, Orion discovers a washed-up boat and an injured man. From this moment on, he finds himself fighting for survival on a mysterious expedition full of unexpected and non-stop adventure that is connected to the historic event of an explorer, John Franklin, who was lost in the Arctic in 1847.
Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz will appeal to readers who are interested in history and stories about the Holocaust and stories of survival.
Melanie Crowder is a ceramist, painter, and sculptor who received her MFA in writing for children and young adults from…
Elizabeth Varadan | The Children’s Book Review | June 14, 2013 Blood Brothers in Louisbourg By Philip Roy Reading Age: 12-16 Paperback: 144 pages Publisher: Cape…