INTERMEDIATE FICTION
Bancks, Tristan

On the Run

(2) 4-6 On the run from police, twelve-year-old Ben's parents leave him and younger sister Olive on their own in a cabin in the Australian bush. Ben finds a copy of My Side of the Mountain, appropriate--and useful--reading since he and Olive are now in the midst of their own survival drama. The third-person narrative effectively laces the propulsive survival story with ethical questions.

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