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Survival
Survival: Avalanche!
From avalanches to shipwrecks, this brand-new fiction series hurtles its characters into dangerous situations, leaving them with only their wits and and courage to survive!
Eleven-year-old Alex Mason has just moved from Toronto to Glory, British Columbia, and he’s having a tough time. Friendless, he is teased by his classmate Owen for being from “out East”, and for his lack of skill on the ski slopes. But when a new boy, Ben, moves to town, the boys bond over their love of building and quickly make plans to construct an epic snow fort together.
When a freak avalanche strikes and traps Alex, Ben and Owen in deep, immobilizing snow, Alex must keep it together enough to free himself and save the other boys.
Will they survive?
Eleven-year-old Alex Mason has just moved from Toronto to Glory, British Columbia, and he’s having a tough time. Friendless, he is teased by his classmate Owen for being from “out East”, and for his lack of skill on the ski slopes. But when a new boy, Ben, moves to town, the boys bond over their love of building and quickly make plans to construct an epic snow fort together.
When a freak avalanche strikes and traps Alex, Ben and Owen in deep, immobilizing snow, Alex must keep it together enough to free himself and save the other boys.
Will they survive?
112 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2015
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July 5, 2024does this count if i read the french one
June 21, 2022
This is kind of like the Canadian edition of the "I Survived" series by Lauren Tarshis. I'm not sure who was first to have the idea, but these survival stories are targeted at kids from 9 to 12. I found this one a little slow, so I'm not sure if the target age is perhaps a little lower with Frieda Wishinsky's series.
I used this as a read aloud for a grade 3/4 class and I found that they weren't totally engaged other than the high drama parts. Perhaps a 2/3 class would be more appropriate. The story was okay, but again, when it is targeted at a lower age it is sometimes difficult to decide if it is just a case of adjusting a story for that age level. A grade two student may think that it is wonderful.
For a more accurate review it's probably best to ask a ten-year-old.
I used this as a read aloud for a grade 3/4 class and I found that they weren't totally engaged other than the high drama parts. Perhaps a 2/3 class would be more appropriate. The story was okay, but again, when it is targeted at a lower age it is sometimes difficult to decide if it is just a case of adjusting a story for that age level. A grade two student may think that it is wonderful.
For a more accurate review it's probably best to ask a ten-year-old.
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