Seventeen-year-old Johnny Least-Weasel knows that his grandfather Albert is a stubborn old man and won't stop checking his own traplines even though other men his age stopped doing so years ago. But Albert Least-Weasel has been running traplines in the Alaskan wilderness alone for the past sixty years. Nothing has ever gone wrong on the trail he knows so well. When Albert doesn't come back from checking his traps, with the temperature steadily plummeting, Johnny must decide quickly whether to trust his grandfather or his own instincts. Written in alternating chapters that relate the parallel stories of Johnny and his grandfather, this novel poignantly addresses the hardships of life in the far north, suggesting that the most dangerous traps need not be made of steel.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Square Fish
Published: 12/26/2007
ISBN: 9780312377557
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.37lbs
Size: 8.26h x 5.60w x 0.47d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 109094 / Trap
Reading Level: 6.2 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 5