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Against the backdrop of the great Bristol Bay salmon fishery, thirteen-year-old Zoey struggles with her parents' divorce and the pangs of growing up during her summer in the "real" Alaska. My Bristol Bay Summer churns with the energy of an Alaska set net fishery in this authentic and compelling tale of a divided family living a remote lifestyle where getting along as a team is a matter of survival.
List of contents
Maps
1. Departure
2. Last Stop
3. Latrine Business
4. Chez Jensen-Morley
5. Night Visitors
6. A New Boy
7. Darth Vader
8. Colorado Honey
9. Thomas to the Rescue
10. Naknek
11. Knives and Fur Hats for Sale
12. Captain
13. A Gift
14. Patrick
15. Fishing Begins
16. Rulers of the World
17. Bag Balm
18. A Cake in the Coleman?
19. Blue Skies and Brown Bears
20. Swallowed a Lead Line
21. Dancing with Mosquitoes
22. A Not So Happy Birthday
23. Payday
24. Dillingham
25. So Many Fish
26. Midnight
27. Japanese Typhoon
28. Refuge
29. After the Storm
30. An Uncertain Good-bye
31. Dad
32. Crash Position
33. MayDay! MayDay
34. It’ll Work Out
35. Ghosts in the Water
36. Home Again
Glossary
Acknowledgments
Discussion Questions
About the author
Annie Boochever grew up in the days when Alaska was still a territory. People flocked here for a new life and a kind of freedom that wasn’t available in the Lower 48. Today Alaska is still a magnet for anyone seeking adventure or just trying to escape, and the characters in Bristol Bay Summer are no exception. The story told in Bristol Bay Summer, seen through the eyes of young teen Zoey Morely, is a fictionalized version of Annie's own experiences in Bristol Bay in 1980.
Annie is a retired music teacher, high school English teacher, and school librarian. She has an MFA in Creative Writing for Children and Young Adults from the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts. When not writing, Annie loves to swim, ski, play piano, and garden. She lives in Juneau with her husband and a frightfully intelligent Dutch dog named Zz. Bristol Bay Summer is her first novel.
