The Starlight Claim

Fast-paced, evocative, and intensely suspenseful, Tim Wynne-Jones's latest psychological thriller finds a teenager setting his wits against the frigid wilderness and a menacing crew of escapees.

Four months after his best friend, Dodge, disappeared near their families' camp in a boat accident, Nate is still haunted by nightmares. He'd been planning to make the treacherous trek to the remote campsite with a friend -- his first time in winter without his survival-savvy father, Burt. But when his friend gets grounded, Nate secretly decides to brave the trip solo in a journey that's half pilgrimage, half desperate hope he will find his missing friend when no one else could. What he doesn't expect to find is the door to the cabin flung open and the camp occupied by strangers: three men he's horrified to realize have escaped from a maximum-security prison. Snowed in by a blizzard and with no cell signal, Nate is confronted with troubling memories of Dodge and a stunning family secret, and realizes that his survival now depends on his wits as much as his wilderness skills. As things spiral out of control, Nate finds himself dealing with questions even bigger than who gets to leave the camp alive.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 09/10/2019
ISBN: 9781536202649
Pages: 240
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.00d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2019
Booklist 07/01/2019 pg. 67
Publishers Weekly 07/22/2019
Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2019 - Recommended - Better Than Most
School Library Journal 09/01/2019 pg. 126
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2019