Avalanche!

A high-stakes adventure series perfect for fans of the I Survived series and Hatchet. Twelve-year-old twins Ashley and Ryan are skiing with their parents in Wyoming's Grand Teton Mountains where there is a ground-shaking rumble. Unstable snow rushes downhill and buries them in icy white. It will take all of their knowledge and grit to survive.

With seventeen years of hands-on experience and training in remote areas, survival expert Terry Lynn Johnson (Ice Dogs; Sled Dog School) creates on-the-edge-of-your-seat storytelling featuring the real skills that kids need to survive a disaster. This page-turner with illustrations includes survival tips from the National Avalanche Center and U.S. Forest Service. You could have a better chance of surviving a real-life avalanche after reading this book!

Stay calm. Stay smart. Survive.

• Sibling Story: Twelve-year-old twins Ashley and Ryan have always been competitive. Now, buried in the snow and separated from their parents, they only have each other.
• Head Injury & Memory Loss: When Ryan is pulled from the snow, he has a serious head injury and can't even remember his own sister. Ashley has to become the leader, fast.
• Books About Resilience: With a sprained knee and a brother who needs her, Ashley discovers a strength she never knew she had, proving that grit is the most important survival tool of all.
• Real Survival Skills: Written by a real-life survival expert, this adventure is packed with practical, life-saving techniques for building a snow cave, finding shelter, and navigating the wilderness.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 01/02/2018
ISBN: 9780544970397
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.60w x 0.60d

Review Citations: School Library Journal 09/01/2017
Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2017 pg. 86
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2019 - Recommended, Satisfactory

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 194030 / Avalanche!
Reading Level: 4.2 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 2