Far North

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. 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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 09/01/1997
ISBN: 9780380725366
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.32lbs
Size: 7.56h x 5.20w x 0.60d
Award: Spur Awards - Winner
Award: California Young Reader Medal - Nominee
Award: Black-Eyed Susan Award - Nominee

Review Citations: Booklist 01/01/2001 pg. 977
Publishers Weekly 08/25/1997

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 17813 / Far North
Reading Level: 5.3 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 9