Red Fox Road

by Frances Greenslade (Author)

Reading Level: 6th − 7th Grade

A thirteen-year-old girl on a family vacation becomes stranded alone in the wilderness when the family's GPS leads them astray. A compelling survival story for ages 10 to 14, for fans of Hatchet and The Skeleton Tree.

Francie and her parents are on a spring road trip: driving from British Columbia, Canada, to hike in the Grand Canyon. When a shortcut leads them down an old logging road, disaster strikes. Their truck hits a rock and wipes out the oil pan. They are stuck in the middle of nowhere. Francie can't help feeling a little excited -- she'd often imagined how she'd survive if she got stranded in the bush, and now here they are. But will her survival skills -- building fires, gathering dandelion leaves and fir needles for tea -- be enough when hours stretch into days?

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Rendered with exquisite sensory detail, this hero’s journey is a resonant read for unsettling times.

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"Frances Greenslade is brilliant in her portrayal of the half-suspected world that lies just beyond the senses of every thirteen year old. The book's a triumph." —Alan Bradley, bestselling author of the Flavia de Luce series 

"[A] true-to-life page-turner of a story. . . . Adventurous and exciting." —CM Reviews
Frances Greenslade
FRANCES GREENSLADE was born in St. Catharines, Ontario, and has since lived in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and British Columbia. She has a B.A. in English from the University of Winnipeg and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from UBC. Her first book, a travel memoir called A Pilgrim in Ireland: A Quest for Home, won the Saskatchewan Book Award for Non-Fiction. Her second memoir, By the Secret Ladder: A Mother's Initiation, was published in 2007, and her novel, Shelter, was published in 2011. Her first novel for young readers, Red Fox Road, won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile Crime Novel, was a JLG selection, and was shortlisted for the B.C. Red Cedar Children's Choice Award. Greenslade teaches English at Okanagan College in Penticton, B.C.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780735267831
Lexile Measure
770
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Puffin Books
Publication date
April 05, 2022
Series
-
BISAC categories
JUV039030 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Death & Dying
JUV013060 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Parents
JUV001010 - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure | Survival Stories
Library of Congress categories
Traffic accidents
British Columbia
Action and adventure fiction
Wilderness survival
Family vacations

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