Título: Alone in the Woods
Autor: Rebecca Behrens
Sinopse: From the author of The Disaster Days comes a thrilling survival story, and lost in the woods children's book, about two former best friends who must work together to stay alive after getting lost in a remote national forest.
Jocelyn and Alex have always been best friends…until they aren't. Jocelyn's not sure what happened, but she hopes the annual joint-family vacation in the isolated north woods will be the perfect spot to rekindle their friendship.
But Alex still isn't herself when they get to the cabin. And Jocelyn reaches a breaking point during a rafting trip that goes horribly wrong. When the girls' tube tears it leaves them stranded and alone. And before they know it, the two are hopelessly lost.
Wearing swimsuits and water shoes and with only the contents of their wet backpack, the girls face threats from the elements. And as they spend days and nights lost in the wilderness, they'll have to overcome their fractured friendship to make it out of the woods alive.
Praise for The Disaster Days:
"A realistic, engrossing survival story that's perfect for aspiring babysitters and fans of John Macfarlane's Stormstruck!, Sherry Shahan's Ice Island, or Wesley King's A World Below."―School Library Journal
"The strength of this steadily paced novel that stretches over four days of a scary disaster scenario is that Hannah doesn't figure everything out; she stumbles, doubts, and struggles throughout it all."―The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"Fans of survival thrillers in the vein of Gary Paulsen's Hatchet will enjoy this tense, honest tale of bravery...an excellent (and refreshingly not didactic) teaching tool on natural-disaster preparedness."―Booklist
"The relentless progression of a variety of disaster scenarios will keep readers turning pages...equally suspenseful and informative."―School Library Connection
"Behrens uses immersive details and situations effectively viewed from Hannah's perspective to create a suspenseful, vivid story filled with lessons about responsibility and overcoming adversity."―Publishers Weekly
Alone in the Woods is a perfect… gift for preteen survival story fans summer reading tween book for girls 11-14 book for middle school girls
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “Alone in the Woods”, de Rebecca Behrens, publicado pela editora Sourcebooks Young Readers, em 2020 e com 320 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: Sourcebooks Young Readers
Páginas: 320
Ano: 2020-10-06
Edição:
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 1728231019
ISBN13: 9781728231013
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Sourcebooks Young Readers costumam apresentar narrativas voltadas para o público infantojuvenil, com forte presença de mistério, fantasia e aventuras que exploram temas como amizade, coragem e descobertas pessoais. Muitas histórias se passam em cenários que evocam atmosferas sombrias ou mágicas, como mansões antigas, ilhas misteriosas e escolas com segredos, criando um clima de tensão e suspense que prende o leitor. O ritmo das obras varia entre tramas rápidas e cheias de ação e outras que aprofundam conflitos internos e relações entre personagens, com uma linguagem acessível para crianças e pré-adolescentes. O catálogo sugere ainda uma atenção especial a personagens femininas protagonistas, muitas vezes envolvidas em investigações ou desafios sobrenaturais, além de incluir narrativas que abordam mitologias e culturas específicas, como a colombiana.
