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Mountain Runaways

by Pam Withers
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Will their wilderness skills be enough to survive the dangerous Rocky Mountains?
First a Canadian Rockies avalanche kills their parents. Then Children's Services threatens to separate them. That's when the three Gunnarsson kids decide to run away into the mountains and fend for themselves until the oldest turns eighteen and becomes their legal guardian. Not many would dare. But Jon, Korka, and Aron's parents ran a survival school.
Turns out their plan is full of holes. When food and equipment go missing and illness and injury strike, things get scary. They're even less prepared for encounters with dangerous animals and a sketchy woods dweller. On top of that, grief, cold, hunger, and sibling infighting threaten to tear them apart, while the search parties are closing in on them. Do Jon, Korka, and Aron really have what it takes to survive?

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  • Release date

    January 25, 2022

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781459748330

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781459748330
      • File size: 1605 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 850
    • Text Difficulty: 4-5

  • Reviews

    • Kirkus

      December 15, 2021
      Jon, Korka, and Aron Gunnarsson find their world collapsing when their parents are killed in an avalanche. Can they rise above this catastrophic event? Their Icelandic immigrant parents were wilderness survival experts, and the deadly accident should have been avoidable. The siblings can only surmise that their parents were distracted by their mounting financial problems. Now Children's Services needs to find them a guardian or place them in the foster care system. The siblings worry that 11-year-old Aron--selectively mute, quirky, imaginative--might be put in a special home. Jon can't prevent this unless he can keep Aron, middle sibling Korka, and himself safely hidden in the Canadian Rockies for nearly three months until he turns 18 and can be named their legal guardian. The deadly challenges mount--snow, cold, blisters, fever, and sprains--lending a stomach-clenching tension to the tale. Worse, they are in danger of starving. The grieving threesome draw on every skill they have absorbed from their parents, but the hardest challenge may be learning to work together as a team. Their distinct personalities, conflicts, and complex history are well drawn, adding drama and depth. An encounter with another runaway helps give them perspective. Just as it seems they may achieve their goal, another near disaster hits. This time they are completely united, proving they are survivors who can get through anything together. A satisfying, action-packed story of survival and hope. (Adventure. 12-17)

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  • Kindle Book
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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:850
  • Text Difficulty:4-5

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