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The Skeleton Tree
Contributor(s): Lawrence, Iain (Author)
ISBN: 038573378X     ISBN-13: 9780385733786
Publisher: Delacorte Press
OUR PRICE:   $15.29  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: January 2016
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - Survival Stories
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - General (see Also Headings Under Social Themes)
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2015011779
Lexile Measure: 670
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.8" W x 8.8" (0.85 lbs) 288 pages
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 178924
Reading Level: 4.8   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 9.0
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
A modern-day adventure and classic in the making, in the vein of The Call of the Wild, Hatchet, and The Cay, by award-winning author Iain Lawrence.

A Junior Library Guild Selection

Less than forty-eight hours after twelve-year-old Chris sets off on a sailing trip down the Alaskan coast with his uncle, their boat sinks. The only survivors are Chris and a boy named Frank, who hates Chris immediately. Chris and Frank have no radio, no flares, no food. Suddenly, they've got to forage, fish, and scavenge the shore for supplies. Chris likes the company of a curious, friendly raven more than he likes the prickly Frank. But the boys have to get along if they want to survive.

Because as the days get colder and the salmon migration ends, survival will take more than sheer force of will. Eventually, in the wilderness of Alaska, the boys discover an improbable bond--and the compassion that might truly be the path to rescue.