The Skeleton Tree

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Less than 48 hours after twelve year old Chris casts off on a trip to sail 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 find a way to forage, fish and scavenge supplies from the shore Chris likes the company of a curious friendly raven 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 than sheer force of will There in the wilderness of Kodiak, they discover a bond they didn t expect, and through it, the compassion and teamwork that might truly be the path to rescue. Read The Skeleton Tree – kino-fada.fr Really fast paced and engrossing story of survival I couldn t put it downThe Skeleton Tree may yet be the contemporary version of Hatchet by Gary Paulson as it is a thrilling adventure survival story set in the Alaskan wilderness in very recent time There is no doubt that parts of it are nail biting exciting, but there are other aspects that are difficult to reconcile Two boys Chris, 12 yr and Frank 16 yr are left stranded in the wilderness after a freak sailing accident Both boys are personally suffering as Chris has just lost his father to an automobile The Skeleton Tree may yet be the contemporary version of Hatchet by Gary Paulson as it is a thrilling adventure survival story set in the Alaskan wilderness in very recent time There is no doubt that parts of it are nail biting exciting, but there are other aspects that are difficult to reconcile Two boys Chris, 12 yr and Frank 16 yr are left stranded in the wilderness after a freak sailing accident Both boys are personally suffering as Chris has just lost his father to an automobile accident and Frank has been pretty hurt by an absent father and an alcoholic mother The boys are tethered togeth...Many will shelve this under adventure survival but there s a lotgoing on herenot just surviving the Alaskan wilderness, but surviving the magnitude of kept secrets Strong sense of setting and characters you both want to love and hateincluding a raven, this will be a great addition to classroo...This was A very good book enjoyed it a lot If u are interested in survival and wilderness this is the book for you hope you enjoy it and learn to love the book like I did.Full Disclosure I won this book in a Goodreads Giveaway.I am of two minds about The Skeleton Tree In the first, I found it odd that in a story of survival, neither of the two characters seems at all concerned with surviving Little to no time is spent on worry of any sort, despite the fact that they are lost in the wilds of coastal Alaska Instead, they seem to think they are on some sort of scout trip or reality show, where concern is a needless subplot Though danger and despair are common t Full Disclosure I won this book in a Goodreads Giveaway.I am of two minds about The Skeleton Tree In the first, I found it odd that in a story of survival, neither of the two characters seems at all concerned with surviving Little to no time is spent on worry of any sort, despite the fact that they are lost in the wilds of coastal Alaska Instead, they seem to think they are on some sort of scout trip or reality show, where concern is a needless subplot Though danger and despair are common themes, the characters never seem to be bothered by their situation, instead immediately accepting it and moving forward Even the death of a family member moments before they wash up on the beach is completely ignored, which could be part of their characters ie denial, etc if we weren t inside one of their heads the entire time, fully aware ...Thanks to Penguin Random House for sending me a copy of this book to review All opinions are my own.Wow I was not expecting this book to be what it was.I knew the basic premise, two kids, shipwrecked in Alaska What I didn t know was how incredible this book would be.This book is written so well that I felt like I was right alongside them I was terrified, creeped out and hopeful all at the same time So muchthan just a survival story, this book will make you look at life a little differ Thanks to Penguin Random House for sending me a copy of this book to review All opinions are my own.Wow I was not expecting this book to be what it was.I knew the basic premise, two kids, shipwrecked in Alaska What I didn t know was how incredible this book would be.This book is written so well that I felt like I was right along...I selected this book as one of my classroom book club picks, but don t think I ll be using it next year I thought it would be similar to The Sign of the Beaver, a book we read as a class in August, but it just wasn t was I was hoping for.I liked this book It was a good survival story about two boys who were off the coast of Alaska and there boat sank and they were stranded on an island They hated each other but as time goes on they began to build a friendship It was a pretty good book I recommend this book to read es...This book doesn t know what it wants to be.Let s start from the beginning I am a great fan of survival s stories, so I though this would be right in my alley.Strangely, it wasn t.The reason is that I couldn t care much for the two main characters, Frank and Chris Now, I understand that they were teenagers, and teenagers do stupid things, but frankly Stupid teens don t survive in the wilderness of Alaska Clever teens read the Hatchett can, but stupid ones Nah.As a matter of fact they shou This book doesn t know what it wants to be.Let s start from the beginning I am a great fan of survival s stories, so I though this would be right in my alley.Strangely, it wasn t.The reason is that I couldn t care much for the two main characters, Frank and Chris Now, I understand that they were teenagers, and teenagers do stupid things, but frankly Stupid teens don t survive in the wilderness of Alaska Clever teens read the Hatchett can, but stupid ones Nah.As a matter of fact they should have been dead several times over eating uncooked rotting salmon But of course couldn t, because duh, the story had to go on As I said I understand that your Average Teenager would behave that way but it takesthan the Average Person to survive without gear and without training in that situation The result is that they come out as totally unlik...I read all of Iain Lawrence s books with interest Though I m not his target audience a reader in late childhood or adolescence I suspect I m not the only adult admirer of his work This time, he has taken on something quite atmospheric and challenging He s given us a story of two boys who are to sail along the Pacific Coast from Alaska to Vancouver with an uncle, but something goes very wrong very quickly The sailboat capsizes in a storm and the boys are washed ashore in remote wilderness I read all of Iain Lawrence s books with interest Though I m not his target audience a reader in late childhood or adolescence I suspect I m not the only adult admirer of his work This time, he has taken on something quite atmospheric and challenging He s given us a story of two boys who are to sail along the Pacific Coast from Alaska to Vancouver with an uncle, but something goes very wrong very quickly The sailboat capsizes in a storm and the boys are washed ashore in remote wilderness They have no i...

The Skeleton Tree
  • 25 October 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 288 pages
  • 1101918357
  • Iain Lawrence
  • The Skeleton Tree