PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Living in Alaska for over twenty-five years, Paul Greci has seen bears fishing for salmon, a pair of bald eagles building a nest, and polar bears gnawing on a whale carcass. Paul's debut middle-grade adventure/survival novel, Surviving Bear Island, a Junior Library Guild Selection and a Scholastic Reading Club Pick, came out in March 2015 from Move Books. Besides teaching as a profession, Paul has also worked as a field biology technician in remote corners of Alaska, a backpacking trip leader for teens, a teacher, and a naturalist for several outdoor education programs. When he's not writing or teaching, Paul spends lots of time exploring the Alaskan wilderness on foot and by kayak.
This fast-paced book contains all the hallmarks of a classic wilderness survival novel (deadly terrain, vicious predators, literal cliff-hangers) and the best of the postapocalyptic genre ... The author's decades of Alaskan wilderness experience is evident throughout ... A great high-stakes wilderness survival tale. --School Library Journal Heart-thumping suspense for readers who liked Rick Yancey's The 5th Wave. --Booklist This rugged survival story places a group of teens in a dark, burned-out post-apocalyptic nightmare. Your heart will pound for them as they face terrible dangers and impossible odds. Gripping, vivid, and haunting! -- Emmy Laybourne, international bestselling author of the Monument 14 trilogy A compelling story that wouldn't let me stop reading. Greci has created both a frightening landscape and characters you believe in and want to survive it. -- Eric Walters, author of the bestselling Rule of Three series A brutal vision of things to come. Greci delivers an apocalyptic odyssey that's honest, relentless, and backed by his firsthand knowledge of the wilderness. -- Lex Thomas, author of the Quarantine series Heart-racing... A rugged wilderness lover's post-disaster survivalist tale. --Kirkus Reviews Raw and accessible. Offering hints of Hatchet with markedly more manmade danger. --Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books The themes of teamwork, choice and free will are incredibly well done ... an intense and thrilling ride. --TeenReads.com
