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|title=The Edge of Nowhere

|sort= Edge of Nowhere

|date=August 2010

|isbn=978-1849391962

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Could you survive in the wilds of Alaska if you were washed overboard from a fishing boat during a storm and somehow, amazingly, managed to make it to dry land? This is the challenge facing Seth and his loyal dog, Tucker. They are out on Seth's father's fishing boat during a terrible storm and neither Seth's dad or his friend realise that the boy and dog have been washed overboard until they reach home and are found to be missing from the boat. A search party is sent out, but Seth is assumed drowned. Luckily, Seth and his dog manage to get to one of the tiny islands that run along the coast of Alaska, and after realising that no one is coming to help them they slowly make their way hundreds of miles over many months. Will they starve to death, or freeze, or be eaten by bears before they manage to make it home?

This is a great, fairly short, adventure story - very easy to read and it only made me cry once! I'd certainly recommend it to pre-teens and teens who love to escape into a good book.

Further reading suggestion: Any readers considering an outward-bound survival trip of their own might do well to read these before they go: