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Author Graff, Andrew J., author.

Title Raft of stars : a novel / Andrew J. Graff.

Publisher New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
©2021

Copies

ITEM LOC CALL # STATUS
 Ashland adult fiction  GRAFF    AVAILABLE
 Bayfield adult fiction  FIC GRA    AVAILABLE
 Boulder Junction adult fiction  FIC GRA    AVAILABLE
 Cable adult fiction  FIC GRA    AVAILABLE
 Eagle River adult fiction  FIC GRA    AVAILABLE
 Grantsburg adult fiction  GRAFF    AVAILABLE
 Hayward adult and young adult fiction  GRA    DUE 04-08-24
 Land O Lakes adult fiction  FIC GRA    AVAILABLE
 Manitowish Waters adult fiction  F Gra    AVAILABLE
 Mellen adult fiction  FIC GRA    AVAILABLE

Edition First edition.
Descript 288 pages ; 24 cm
Summary "It’s the summer of 1994 in Claypot, Wisconsin, and the lives of ten-year-old Fischer “Fish” Branson and Dale “Bread” Breadwin are shaped by the two fathers they don’t talk about. One night, tired of seeing his best friend bruised and terrorized by his no-good dad, Fish takes action. A gunshot rings out and the two boys flee the scene, believing themselves murderers. They head for the woods, where they find their way onto a raft, but the natural terrors of Ironsforge Gorge threaten to overwhelm them. Four adults track them into the forest, each one on a journey of his or her own. Fish’s mother Miranda, a wise woman full of fierce faith; his granddad, Teddy, who knows the woods like the back of his hand; Tiffany, a purple-haired gas station attendant and poet looking for connection; and Sheriff Cal, who’s having doubts about a life in law enforcement. The adults track the boys toward the novel’s heart-pounding climax on the edge of the gorge and a conclusion that beautifully makes manifest the grace these characters find in the wilderness and one another. This timeless story of loss, hope, and adventure runs like the river itself amid the vividly rendered landscape of the Upper Midwest."--Amazon.
Subject Forests and forestry -- Fiction.
Runaway children -- Fiction.
Wisconsin -- Fiction.
Genre Bildungsromans.
ISBN/ISSN 9780063031913 (paperback)
0063031906 (hardcover)
9780063031906 (hardcover)