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The Starlight Claim
2019
First Published
3.44
Average Rating
240
Number of Pages

Fast-paced, evocative, and intensely suspenseful, Tim Wynne-Jones' latest psychological thriller finds a teenager setting his wits against the frigid wilderness and a menacing crew of escapees. Four months after his best friend, Dodge, disappeared near their families' camp in a boat accident, Nate is still haunted by nightmares. He'd been planning to make the treacherous trek to the remote campsite with a friend—his first time in winter without his survival-savvy father, Burt. But when his friend gets grounded, Nate secretly decides to brave the trip solo in a journey that's half pilgrimage, half desperate hope he will find his missing friend when no one else could. What he doesn't expect to find is the door to the cabin flung open and the camp occupied by strangers: three men he's horrified to realize have escaped from a maximum-security prison. Snowed in by a blizzard and with no cell signal, Nate is confronted with troubling memories of Dodge and a stunning family secret, and realizes that his survival now depends on his wits as much as his wilderness skills. As things spiral out of control, Nate finds himself dealing with questions even bigger than who gets to leave the camp alive.

Avg Rating
3.44
Number of Ratings
393
5 STARS
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4 STARS
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3 STARS
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2 STARS
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Author

Tim Wynne-Jones
Author · 26 books

Tim Wynne-Jones (born 12 August 1948) is an English–Canadian author of children's literature, including picture books and novels for children and young adults, novels for adults, radio dramas, songs for the CBC/Jim Henson production Fraggle Rock, as well as a children's musical and an opera libretto. Awards: Arthur Ellis Award ◊ Best Juvenile (2001): The Boy in the Burning House Edgar Award ◊ Best Young Adult (2002): The Boy in the Burning House

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