Awasin and Jamie, brothers in courage, meet a challenge many mountain men could not endure. When their canoe is destroyed by the fury of the rapids, they must face the wilderness with no food and no hope of rescue. To survive, they build an igloo, battle a towering grizzly bear, track several wolves, slaughter caribou for food and clothing. Two lost huskies they tame bring companionship--and maybe a way home from their dangerous adventure.
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Awasin and Jamie, brothers in courage, meet a challenge many mountain men could not endure. When their canoe is destroyed by the fury of the rapids, they must face the wilderness with no food and no hope of rescue. To survive, they build an igloo, battle a towering grizzly bear, track several wolves, slaughter caribou for food and clothing. Two lost huskies they tame bring companionship--and maybe a way home from their dangerous adventure.
--This text refers to the
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Awasin, a Cree Indian boy, and Jamie, a Canadian orphan living with his uncle, the trapper Angus Macnair, are enchanted by the magic of the great Arctic wastes. They set out on an adventure that proves longer and more dangerous than they could have imagined. Drawing on his knowledge of the ways of the wilderness and the implacable northern elements, Farley Mowat has created a memorable tale of daring and adventure.
When first published in 1956, Lost in the Barrens won the Governor-General?s Award for Juvenile Literature, the Book-of-the-Year Medal of the Canadian Association of Children?s Librarians and the Boys? Club of America Junior Book Award. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
When first published in 1956, Lost in the Barrens won the Governor-General?s Award for Juvenile Literature, the Book-of-the-Year Medal of the Canadian Association of Children?s Librarians and the Boys? Club of America Junior Book Award. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
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Survival Story,
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Two boys, one American-Indian and one of European descent, find themselves pitted together in a struggle for survival in one of the most inhospitable climates of the world. Together they battle hunger, cold, hostile enemies, and loneliness. I discovered this book as a child, and as an adult I still reread it when I need to get lost in a good story. Highly recommended.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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A thrilling book of outdoor adventure,
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This review is from: Lost in the Barrens (Mass Market Paperback)
If you love the north country and the outdoors, and haven't read this book yet, you have a great adventure coming! It doesn't really matter if you are very young or very old, you can enjoy this book because it is so well written. I first read this book as a ten-year-old girl, and loved it. I still re-read it as a middle-aged woman, and I still love it! Every time I read this, I want to escape to Canada to go hiking and canoeing (and often I do). The details of outdoor survival are all authentic. The adventure aspects are as thrilling as anything I have ever read. There are lessons to this story, and they aren't shallow. These boys make some mistakes, take their knocks, and learn lessons that make them into real, responsible men. A great aspect of this book is that the moral is not to avoid mistakes, but to do what has to be done once the mistakes are made, and grow by making them. The two Indian tribes, the Eskimos, and the white people all have their own fears of "foreign" people and their territories. The boys encounter their fear of the unknown, physical danger, and of unknown people and surmount them by being steadfast. The sequel to this book, The Curse of the Viking Grave is also really good. If you enjoyed reading this book you might also enjoy "The Old Man and the Boy" by Robert Ruark.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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A book that presents the far north as it really is,
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Again, Farley Mowat demonstrates that which makes him clearly on of Canada's greatest treasures.
A fictional book, it nevertheless portrays the beautiful tundra of the north. Anyone reading it will be carried by the story but will learn of the beauty of the Barrens, despite its unforgiving brutality. A book I have read many times and never cease to be impressed by the true beauty of the North!
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