Far North
Mass Market
HarperCollins · Paperback · September 1, 1997
From the window of the small floatplane, fifteen-year-old Gabe Rogers is getting his first look at Canada's magnificent Northwest Territories with Raymond Providence, his roommate from boarding school.
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- Who it’s for
- A tense wilderness adventure pairs looming danger with two boys learning to rely on each other.
- Genres
- Survival Stories
- Published
- HarperCollins, September 1, 1997
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From the window of the small floatplane, fifteen-year-old Gabe Rogers is getting his first look at Canada's magnificent Northwest Territories with Raymond Providence, his roommate from boarding school. Below is the spectacular Nahanni River -- wall-to-wall whitewater racing between sheer cliffs and plunging over Virginia Falls. The pilot sets the plane down on the lake-like surface of the upper river for a closer look at the thundering falls. Suddenly the engine quits.
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The only sound is a dull roar downstream, as the Cessna drifts helplessly toward the falls . . . With the brutal subarctic winter fast approaching, Gabe and Raymond soon find themselves stranded in Deadmen Valley. Trapped in a frozen world of moose, wolves, and bears, two boys from vastly different cultures come to depend on each other for their very survival.
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A tense wilderness adventure pairs looming danger with two boys learning to rely on each other.
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- Whitewater danger and a remote northern wilderness
- A survival story shaped by unlikely dependence
Expect
- Subarctic isolation, wildlife, and survival stakes
- A sustained adventure grounded in contrasting backgrounds
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- Authors
- Will Hobbs
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- September 1, 1997
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- Survival Stories