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Two boys, Awasin and Jamie, get lost and attempt to survive. Do they make it?
Panting and gasping, the rifle clutched in his hand, Jamie runs as he has never run before. In the distance, he can see the Indian boy circling just out of the huge bear's reach. Jamie MUST reach his friend in time -- and his strength is running out.
Literary Awards - CLA Book of the Year for Children Award (1958), Governor General's Literary Awards for Juvenile (1956)
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Farley Mowat, AKA, Two Against the North, Children, Children's, Kid's, YA, Young adult, Juvenile, Historical, Fiction, Classic, Literature, Stories, Chapter books, Accelerated Reader, School Curriculum, Language arts, Wilderness survival, Survival skills, Friendship, Adventure, Danger, Winter, Arctic, Inuit, Wild animals, Bears, Children's fiction, Indians of north america, cree indians, fiction, Canada, fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Handbooks, manuals, Children's stories, Survival, Juvenile fiction, Orphans, fictionPeople
Cree Indian, Chipeweyan, EskimoPlaces
Canada, Toronto, Mcnair Lake, Bering Sea, Manitoba, Trans-Canada, Quebec, Arctic, Inuit, Kasmere FallsTimes
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Lost in the Barrens
Reprint 1973, McClelland and Stewart Ltd., ''The Canadian Publishers''
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Manufactured in Canada* / Later named *''Two Against the North.''
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Awasin, a Cree Indian boy, and Jamie, a Canadian orphan living with his uncle, the trapper Angus Macnair, are enchanted by the magic of the great Arctic wastes. They set out on an adventure that proves longer and more dangerous than they could have imagined. Drawing on his knowledge of the ways of the wilderness and the implacable northern elements, Farley Mowat has created a memorable tale of daring and adventure.--Amazon
When first published in 1956, Lost in the Barrens won the Governor-General’s Award for Juvenile Literature, the Book-of-the-Year Medal of the Canadian Association of Children’s Librarians and the Boys’ Club of America Junior Book Award
Amazon reviewer: Melanie (Canada on June 24, 2018) 4 of 5 Stars A good book to read TO your kids.
My son read this as part of his grade-5 group class assignment. The story is fantastic and exciting, but I found it way too sophisticated for a boy of 10. The style of writing and the turns of phrase, winding and long-winded, made it hard to keep up. But he managed to get through it (barely...he's 10!).
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