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The Canyon's Edge

Author: Bowling, Dusti

Follett Number: 1632PR3
Audience: Upper Elementary
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, c2020, p2021
Format: 305 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
ISBN-13: 978-0-316-49467-0
ISBN-10: 0-316-49467-4
Dewey: -Fic-
Classifications: Fiction

Subjects:
Canyons Fiction
Family Life Fiction
Hiking Fiction
Novels in Verse
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Fiction
Survival Fiction
A year after the death of her mother in a restaurant shooting, Nora is left struggling to stay alive when a climbing trip with her father goes terribly wrong.

From the publisher:
Hatchet meets Long Way Down in this heartfelt and gripping novel in verse about a young girl's struggle for survival after a climbing trip with her father goes terribly wrong. One year after a random shooting changed their family forever, Nora and her father are exploring a slot canyon deep in the Arizona desert, hoping it will help them find peace. Nora longs for things to go back to normal, like they were when her mother was still alive, while her father keeps them isolated in fear of other people. But when they reach the bottom of the canyon, the unthinkable happens: A flash flood rips across their path, sweeping away Nora's father and all of their supplies. Suddenly, Nora finds herself lost and alone in the desert, facing dehydration, deadly snakes, venomous scorpions, and, worst of all, the Beast who has terrorized her dreams for the past year. If Nora is going to save herself and her father, she must conquer her fears, defeat the Beast, and find the courage to live her new life. Don't miss Dusti Bowling's new novel, Dust, available for preorder now.

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