Northwind
Northwind
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Northwind

Written by Gary Paulsen
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10 - 14
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Page count
145
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Jan 11, 2022
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A high-stakes middle grade from the survival story master Gary Paulsen, about a young boy on the razor’s edge between life and death where the high seas meet a coastal wilderness. This stunning historical adventure, set along a rugged coastline centuries ago, does for the sea what Hatchet did for the woods, as it relates the story of a young person’s battle to stay alive against the odds. When a deadly plague decimates his fishing village, an orphan named Leif is forced to take to the water in a cedar canoe. He flees northward, following a wild, fjord-riven shore, navigating from one danger to the next. The deeper into his journey he paddles, the closer he comes to his truest self as he connects to the heartbeat of the ocean, the pulse of the landscape. With hints of Nordic mythology and an irresistible narrative pull, Northwind is Gary Paulsen at his captivating, adventuresome best.

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feelings and emotionsscience and naturesocial themessurvival storiescoming of agewildernessgriefself-discoveryjourneyslossresiliencesurvival

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780374314200
    Publication Date
    January 11, 2022
    Publisher
    Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
    Original Publication Date
    January 11, 2022
    Page Count
    246
    Words Per Page
    145
    Audience
    Middle Grade
    Reading Age
    10 - 14 years

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