"Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock's Alaska is beautiful and wholly unfamiliar....
A thrilling, arresting debut." --Gayle Forman, New York Times
bestselling author of If I Stay and I Was Here
"[A] singular debut. . . . [Hitchcock] weav[es] the alternating
voices of four young people into a seamless and continually surprising
story of risk, love, redemption, catastrophe, and sacrifice." --The
Wall Street Journal
This deeply moving and authentic debut set in 1970s Alaska is for fans
of Rainbow Rowell, Louise Erdrich, Sherman Alexie, and Benjamin Alire
Saenz. Intertwining stories of love, tragedy, wild luck, and salvation
on the edge of America's Last Frontier introduce a writer of rare
talent.
Ruth has a secret that she can't hide forever. Dora wonders if she can
ever truly escape where she comes from, even when good luck strikes.
Alyce is trying to reconcile her desire to dance, with the life she's
always known on her family's fishing boat. Hank and his brothers decide
it's safer to run away than to stay home--until one of them ends up in
terrible danger.
Four very different lives are about to become entangled. This
unforgettable William C. Morris Award finalist is about people who try
to save each other--and how sometimes, when they least expect it, they
succeed.
Praise:
William C. Morris Finalist
Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal
Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award for Young Adult Fiction
Tayshas Reading List--Top 10 List
New York Public Library's Best 50 Books for Teens
Chicago Public Library*,* Best of the Best List
Shelf Awareness, Best Children's & Teen Books of the Year
Nominated to the Oklahoma Sequoya Book Award Master List
Nominated to the Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award
"Hitchcock's debut resonates with the timeless quality of a classic.
This is a fascinating character study--a poetic interweaving of rural
isolation and coming-of-age." --John Corey Whaley, award-winning
author of Where Things Come Back and Highly Illogical Behavior
"As an Alaskan herself, Bonnie Sue Hitchcock is able to bring alive this
town, and this group of poor teens and their families that live there."
--Bustle
