Red Fox Running
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Andersen Press Ltd
Published:1st Feb '07
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A coming of age, survival tale set in the fascinating, rarely glimpsed world of Victorian Arctic exploration.
Adam's father was a whaler in the Arctic - until the time he never came back. When the ship gets stuck in the ice, Adam and Pipaluk must travel over the treacherous ice floes in search of help. As their journey lengthens, Adam learns a great deal about Arctic survival, about himself, and finally about his love for Pipaluk and her harsh homeland.Adam's father was a whaler in the Arctic - until the time he never came back. 16-year-old Adam desperately wants to find his father, so he signs on as a cabin boy in the next expedition travelling North. One of his earliest allies on board is an Eskimo girl called Pipaluk. When the ship gets stuck in the ice, Adam and Pipaluk must travel over the treacherous ice floes in search of help. As their journey lengthens, Adam learns a great deal about Arctic survival, about himself, and finally about his love for Pipaluk and her harsh homeland.
"As well as being a very well written adventure story, [Red Fox Running] is also about relationships, both with the environment. and with our fellow man, regardless of culture - Bookseller's Choice." -- Gillian Macdonald * Publishing News *
"A coming of age, survival tale - Starred Choice" * Publishing News *
"There is a wealth of information about the lives of the Inuit in this historical adventure set in the 1870s . . . boys of 10+ will enjoy Adam's tale." * School Librarian *
ISBN: 9781842705520
Dimensions: 198mm x 130mm x 16mm
Weight: 200g
224 pages