As a digital subscriber, you’ll receive unlimited access to Horn Book web exclusives and extensive archives, as well as access to our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database.
To access other site content, visit The Horn Book homepage.
To continue you need an active subscription to hbook.com.
Subscribe now to gain immediate access to everything hbook.com has to offer, as well as our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database, which contains tens of thousands of short, critical reviews of books published in the United States for young people.
Thank you for registering. To have the latest stories delivered to your inbox, select as many free newsletters as you like below.
No thanks. Return to article
182 pp.
| Houghton
| November, 2017
|
TradeISBN 978-0-544-97800-3$16.99
(4)
4-6
Refusing to accept that her experienced-mountaineer dad has died climbing Denali, twelve-year-old Lily decides to search for him. In so doing, she endangers both her own life and that of her older sister. The journey is cathartic, suspenseful, and filled with information about the Alaskan wilderness and surviving therein. However, too many unlikely events and an odd thread focusing on candy weaken the story.