Falcon wild /
Johnson, Terry Lynn,
Falcon wild / Terry Lynn Johnson. - 174 pages ; 21 cm
"Karma definitely has a thing for birds. She can't help it--her family runs a raptor education center, and she happens to have a natural way with animals. When she turns fourteen next year, she'll begin an apprenticeship to become a real falconer. But when her parents insist she return her beloved falcon, Stark, to its original owner, Karma and the bird end up lost in the backcountry of Montana. With little food, she and Stark must endure dangerous mountain terrain, wild animals, injury, and a peculiar encounter with a troubled runaway boy named Cooper. Out in the wilderness, hopelessness and fatigue challenge any chance of Karma and Cooper becoming friends. but Karma and Stark's bond only grows stronger as they learn to hunt--and survive--together."--Page 2 of cover.
A Junior Library Guild selection, October 2017.
9781580897884 1580897886
2016043038
GBB7D7766 bnb
018460745 Uk
Falconers--Juvenile fiction.
Gyrfalcon--Juvenile fiction.
Traffic accidents--Juvenile fiction.
Survival--Juvenile fiction.
Missing children--Juvenile fiction.
Trust--Juvenile fiction.
Montana--Juvenile fiction.
Action and adventure fiction.
Falcon wild / Terry Lynn Johnson. - 174 pages ; 21 cm
"Karma definitely has a thing for birds. She can't help it--her family runs a raptor education center, and she happens to have a natural way with animals. When she turns fourteen next year, she'll begin an apprenticeship to become a real falconer. But when her parents insist she return her beloved falcon, Stark, to its original owner, Karma and the bird end up lost in the backcountry of Montana. With little food, she and Stark must endure dangerous mountain terrain, wild animals, injury, and a peculiar encounter with a troubled runaway boy named Cooper. Out in the wilderness, hopelessness and fatigue challenge any chance of Karma and Cooper becoming friends. but Karma and Stark's bond only grows stronger as they learn to hunt--and survive--together."--Page 2 of cover.
A Junior Library Guild selection, October 2017.
9781580897884 1580897886
2016043038
GBB7D7766 bnb
018460745 Uk
Falconers--Juvenile fiction.
Gyrfalcon--Juvenile fiction.
Traffic accidents--Juvenile fiction.
Survival--Juvenile fiction.
Missing children--Juvenile fiction.
Trust--Juvenile fiction.
Montana--Juvenile fiction.
Action and adventure fiction.