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In Paul Greci's The Wild Lands, Travis and his sister are trapped in a daily race to survive -- and there is no second place.Natural disasters and a breakdown of civilization have cut off Alaska from the world and destroyed its landscape. Now, as food runs out and the few who remain turn on each other, Travis and his younger sister, Jess, must cross hundreds of miles in search of civilization. The wild lands around them are filled with ravenous animals, desperate survivors pushed to the edge, and people who've learned to shoot first and ask questions never.Travis and Jess will make a few friends and a lot of enemies on their terrifying journey across the ruins of today's world -- and they'll have to fight for what they believe in as they see how far people will go to survive.
About the Author
Living in Alaska for 25 years, Paul has seen bears fishing for salmon, a pair of bald eagles building a nest, polar bears gnawing on a whale carcass, 10,000 walrus hauled out together on the Bering Sea coast, and 120,000 caribou gathered on the Arctic Coastal Plain. Paul's debut middle grade adventure/survival novel, Surviving Bear Island, a Junior Library Guild Selection, came out in March 2015 from Move Books. His newest novel, The Wild Lands came out in January 2019 from Macmillan. Paul has two titles coming out in 2020: Hostile Territory (Macmillan Jan. 29, 2020) and Follow The River (Move Books March 10, 2020) . When he's not writing or teaching, Paul spends lots of time exploring the roadless areas of Alaska on foot and by kayak.
