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Falcon wild / Terry Lynn Johnson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2017]Description: 174 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781580897884
  • 1580897886
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Awards:
  • A Junior Library Guild selection, October 2017.
Summary: "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.
List(s) this item appears in: READALIKE: Hatchet
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Fiction JOHNSON, TERRY LY Available 33111010799894
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

An action-packed, contemporary novel about surviving in the wilderness.

Thirteen-year-old Karma is desperate to become a certified falconer. At her dad's bird education center, she helps give demonstrations to guests and can fly the birds. But when her favorite rescued falcon, Stark, hurts Karma, her parents insist that they return the bird to its previous owner--in Canada. On the way to bring Stark back, a car accident in the middle of nowhere leaves Karma's dad trapped, and it's up to Karma to find a way to rescue him and her younger brother. When Karma loses her way trying to get help, she crosses paths with Cooper, a troubled teenaged boy. Lost for three days, the two figure out how to survive, and Karma teaches Stark to hunt like an actual bird of prey. Karma may be closer than she thinks to becoming a real falconer and having a real friend.

"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.

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