Running Wild

By Lucy Jane Bledsoe

Willa must escape the Alaskan wilderness with her brothers before winter and their father catch up to them.

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208 pages

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Bookroo's summary

In the Alaskan wilderness, twelve-year-old Willa faces a dire choice: stay with her reckless father or lead her twin brothers to safety. As winter looms, their survival depends on a perilous journey down the Yukon River to Fort Yukon. But with their father on their trail, can they reach help in time? Willa's courage and determination are tested in this gripping adventure of survival and family bonds.

From the publisher

Twelve-year-old Willa and her twin brothers have survived with their father in the Alaskan wilderness for five years. But Willa knows this can’t go on–they must escape.

Since their mother died five years ago, Willa, her younger brothers, and her father have lived in the wilderness, in a log cabin they built. They survive on food they grow and animals they hunt. Every year they have struggled a little bit more to survive. Now, with winter approaching and her father becoming more reckless, Willa wonders if they will live to see spring. She also knows her father will never agree to leave.

When her father goes on a hunting expedition by himself, Willa convinces her brothers that they must make the four-day journey down the Yukon River to Fort Yukon to get help. But first, they’ll need to survive the treacherous trip…and all the while, their father is on their trail.

Perfect for middle grade readers looking for adventure stories with strong female protagonists, Lucy Jane Bledsoe’s Running Wild is a page-turner that hooks you from the beginning and doesn’t let go.

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