βBonnie-Sue Hitchcockβs Alaska is beautiful and wholly unfamiliarβ¦. A thrilling, arresting debut.β βGayle Forman, New York Times bestselling author of If I Stay and I Was Here
β[A] singular debut. . . . Β [Hitchcock] weav[es] the alternating voices of four young people into a seamless and continually surprising story of risk, love, redemption, catastrophe, and sacrifice.β βThe Wall Street Journal
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This deeply moving and authentic debut set in 1970s Alaska is for fans of Rainbow Rowell, Louise Erdrich, Sherman Alexie, and Benjamin Alire Saenz. Intertwining stories of love, tragedy, wild luck, and salvation on the edge of Americaβs Last Frontier introduce a writer of rare talent.
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Ruth has a secret that she canβt hide forever. Dora wonders if she can ever truly escape where she comes from, even when good luck strikes. Alyce is trying to reconcile her desire to dance, with the life sheβs always known on her familyβs fishing boat. Hank and his brothers decide itβs safer to run away than to stay homeβuntil one of them ends up in terrible danger.
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Four very different lives are about to become entangled. This unforgettable William C. Morris Award finalist is about people who try to save each otherβand how sometimes, when they least expect it, they succeed.Β
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Praise:
William C. Morris Finalist
Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal
Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award for Young Adult Fiction
Tayshas Reading ListβTop 10 List
New York Public Libraryβs Best 50 Books for Teens
Chicago Public Library, Best of the Best List
Shelf Awareness, Best Childrenβs & Teen Books of the Year
Nominated to theΒ Oklahoma Sequoya Book Award Master List
Nominated to the Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award
βHitchcockβs debut resonates with the timeless quality of a classic. This is a fascinating character studyβa poetic interweaving of rural isolation and coming-of-age.β βJohn Corey Whaley, award-winning author of Where Things Come Back and Highly Illogical Behavior
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βAs an Alaskan herself, Bonnie Sue Hitchcock is able to bring alive this town, and this group of poor teens and their families that live there.β βBustle