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Informationen zum Autor Will Hobbs is the award-winning author of nineteen novels, including Far North , Crossing the Wire , and Take Me to the River . Never Say Die began with the author's eleven-day raft trip in 2003 down the Firth River on the north slope of Canada's Yukon Territory. Ever since, Will has been closely following what scientists and Native hunters are reporting about climate change in the Arctic. When the first grolar bear turned up in the Canadian Arctic, he began to imagine one in a story set on the Firth River. A graduate of Stanford University, Will lives with his wife, Jean, in Durango, Colorado. Klappentext Fourteen-year-old Rick Walker is alone, on the run, and desperate. Stowing away in the back of a pickup truck, he suddenly finds himself at a dead end in a surreal landscape of redrock spires and deep canyons called the Maze. In this heart-stopping adventure, master storyteller Will Hobbs brings readers a unique tale of identity, personal growth, and friendship. 01 Blue Spruce Award Masterlist (YA Cat.), 01 AZ Young Reader Award Masterlist (Teen Bks cat.), 00-01 Sunshine State Young Reader's Award Masterlist (Gr. 6-8), 00-01 Black-Eyed Susan Award Masterlist, 00-01 Minnesota's Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award Masterlist, 00-01 South Carolina Book Award Nomination Masterlist (Grds 6-9), 00-01 Lone Star Reading List, 00-01 Utah Book Award (Gr. 7-12), 01 Washington State Evergreen YA Book Award Masterlist, 00-01 Young Hoosier Book Award Masterlist (Gr. 6-8), and 01 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Nominee Masterlist Zusammenfassung Fourteen-year-old Rick Walker is alone! on the run! and desperate. Stowing away in the back of a pickup truck! he suddenly finds himself at a dead end in a surreal landscape of redrock spires and deep canyons called the Maze. In this heart-stopping adventure! master storyteller Will Hobbs brings readers a unique tale of identity! personal growth! and friendship. 01 Blue Spruce Award Masterlist (YA Cat.)! 01 AZ Young Reader Award Masterlist (Teen Bks cat.)! 00-01 Sunshine State Young Reader's Award Masterlist (Gr. 6-8)! 00-01 Black-Eyed Susan Award Masterlist! 00-01 Minnesota's Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award Masterlist! 00-01 South Carolina Book Award Nomination Masterlist (Grds 6-9)! 00-01 Lone Star Reading List! 00-01 Utah Book Award (Gr. 7-12)! 01 Washington State Evergreen YA Book Award Masterlist! 00-01 Young Hoosier Book Award Masterlist (Gr. 6-8)! and 01 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Nominee Masterlist ...
