This Way Up

by Lindsay Wood

The fat boy strikes back in an exciting and satisfying action adventure. "Creative, well written, it tugs at the emotions" - Sir Peter Snell Cory is an overweight, shy young high-school student, who spends all his spare time playing CounterStrike on the computer. Concerned about Cory's weight and his isolation, his mum finally gives him an join a school sports team or broadband will be cancelled. Realizing that for once he cannot get his own way, Cory surfs the net to research the sports options on offer. Orienteering, he reads, can be "like a stroll in the park" - Cory's idea of adequate exercise. Match! But when Cory joins the school orienteering club, he finds quite a bit more than strolling is required. Competing alone in the back of beyond, Cory discovers he needs to learn to work with Nature if he is to win ... and indeed survive. So he harnesses all of his CounterStrike experience to become a "cunning runner" and try to finish the race against the odds. the title refers to the two vital pieces of information the orienteer needs to which way is North, and which way is up, something Cory has to learn in every sense of the word.

131 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 1, 2010

Reviews

[Ben]

this book is about a computer nerd named corey, corey has to join an activity group so he picks orienttering, he picks it up quite quicky but one of the members in this group disagrees with corey.

[Nat Frankli · Rating 3 out of 5]

this way up is about an over weight man that hasnt done much in his life, he starts orientering to get out more and enjoy life, and maybe lose a few pounds on the way.