The Trap
Square Fish · Paperback · December 26, 2007
Seventeen-year-old Johnny Least-Weasel knows that his grandfather Albert is a stubborn old man and won't stop checking his own traplines even though other men his age stopped doing so years ago.
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- Who it’s for
- A far-north survival story turns on family trust, hard-won confidence, and a dangerous choice.
- Themes
- Hardships of life in the far north, Trusting your own instincts
- Genres
- YA Survival Stories, Native American YA, Multigenerational YA Stories
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Seventeen-year-old Johnny Least-Weasel knows that his grandfather Albert is a stubborn old man and won't stop checking his own traplines even though other men his age stopped doing so years ago. But Albert Least-Weasel has been running traplines in the Alaskan wilderness alone for the past sixty years. Nothing has ever gone wrong on the trail he knows so well.
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When Albert doesn't come back from checking his traps, with the temperature steadily plummeting, Johnny must decide quickly whether to trust his grandfather or his own instincts. Written in alternating chapters that relate the parallel stories of Johnny and his grandfather, this novel poignantly addresses the hardships of life in the far north, suggesting that the most dangerous traps need not be made of steel.
Cold and Conviction
A far-north survival story turns on family trust, hard-won confidence, and a dangerous choice.
Come here for
- A wilderness tale shaped by cold, traplines, and family trust
- Two lives told in alternating chapters
Expect
- Tension between a grandfather’s experience and a teenager’s instincts
- A close look at hardship in the far north
Where it sits
| YA Survival Stories | 95% |
|---|---|
| Native American YA | 73% |
| Multigenerational YA Stories | 63% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Multigenerational YA Stories
- Native American YA
- Authors
- John Smelcer
- Publisher
- Square Fish
- Published
- December 26, 2007
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Hardships of life in the far north · Trusting your own instincts
- Reading lane
- Multigenerational YA Stories