Far North

By Will Hobbs

Two teens stranded in the wild must survive the harsh subarctic winter.

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216 pages

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Fifteen-year-old Gabe Rogers and his roommate Raymond Providence face a dire situation when their floatplane's engine fails over the Nahanni River. As they drift toward perilous falls, the boys crash-land in Deadmen Valley. With winter closing in, they must navigate a frozen wilderness teeming with moose, wolves, and bears. Strangers from different worlds, Gabe and Raymond must rely on each other to endure the brutal subarctic conditions. Can they overcome nature's challenges and their own differences to survive?

From the publisher

From the window of the small floatplane, fifteen-year-old Gabe Rogers is getting his first look at Canada’s magnificent Northwest Territories with Raymond Providence, his roommate from boarding school. Below is the spectacular Nahanni River – wall-to-wall whitewater racing between sheer cliffs and plunging over Virginia Falls. The pilot sets the plane down on the lake-like surface of the upper river for a closer look at the thundering falls. Suddenly the engine quits. The only sound is a dull roar downstream, as the Cessna drifts helplessly toward the falls . . .With the brutal subarctic winter fast approaching, Gabe and Raymond soon find themselves stranded in Deadmen Valley. Trapped in a frozen world of moose, wolves, and bears, two boys from vastly different cultures come to depend on each other for their very survival.

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