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365 Days to Alaska

365 Days to Alaska

Carr, Cathy

Paperback

AnimalsGeneral Juvenile Fiction

Publisher Price: $9.99

ISBN10: 1419743813
ISBN13: 9781419743818
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Published: Mar 19 2024
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.40 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
Cathy Carr's 365 Days to Alaska is a charming debut middle-grade novel about a girl from off-the-grid Alaska adjusting to suburban life.

Eleven-year-old Rigel Harman loves her life in off-the-grid Alaska. She hunts rabbits, takes correspondence classes through the mail, and plays dominoes with her family in their two-room cabin. She doesn't mind not having electricity or running water--instead, she's got tall trees, fresh streams, and endless sky.

But then her parents divorce, and Rigel and her sisters have to move with their mom to the Connecticut suburbs to live with a grandmother they've never met. Rigel hates it in Connecticut. It's noisy, and crowded, and there's no real nature. Her only hope is a secret pact that she made with her father: If she can stick it out in Connecticut for one year, he'll bring her back home.

At first, surviving the year feels impossible. Middle school is nothing like the wilderness, and she doesn't connect with anyone . . . until she befriends a crow living behind her school. And if this wild creature has made a life for itself in the suburbs, then, just maybe, Rigel can too.

365 Days to Alaska is a wise and funny debut novel about finding beauty, hope, and connection in the world no matter where you are--even Connecticut.

Rigel's big heart made my own heart ache. A funny and poignant fish-out-of-water tale with all the right feels and an important reflection on how we can all find our way home.--John David Anderson, author of Ms. Bixby's Last Day

Rigel's suspenseful journey toward finding a home for her brave and wild heart is one that will help us all discover the beauty and uniqueness of where we are. --Francisco X. Stork, author of Marcelo in the Real World

Readers will want to travel alongside Rigel as she struggles to survive the halls of middle school as well as she did the Alaskan bush. 365 Days to Alaska is a wonderful debut novel about compassion, belonging, and finding your way home when you feel lost in the wilderness. --Lynne Kelly, author of Song for a Whale

Cathy Carr's debut is a poignant novel about family and truth, particularly the uncomfortable truths between fathers and daughters, told in a voice full of insight, love, and humor. She's an author to watch, full of wisdom and exquisite heart. --Carrie Jones, NYT bestselling author of the Need and Time Stoppers series

Rigel Harman isn't just any outsider--she's an Alaskan Bush outsider. Carr's empathic and outstanding debut novel will move readers of all ages, creating internal acceptance not only for Rigel but also for ourselves. --Bethany Hegedus, author of Grandfather Gandhi

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