After his mother dies, Jack Baker is sent to a boys' boarding home in Maine where he meets an unusual boy named Early Auden. Drawn to Early for reasons he can't explain, Jack joins him on a quest to find a legendary black bear in the nearby mountains, a quest that will test their friendship and reveal new truths about one another.
year: 2013
call number/section: 1000, 1940
subjects: boarding schools, schools, eccentrics and eccentricities, fiction, appalachian trail, maine, fiction, adventure and adventurers, adventure fiction, private schools, school stories, adventure stories, juvenile fiction / historical / united states / 20th century, adventure fiction
Editions
Vanderpool, Clare
Delacorte Press (2013)
"Odyssey-like adventure of two boys' incredible quest on the Appalachian Trail where they deal with pirates, buried secrets, and extraordinary encounters"--Provided by publisher.
Schools: 5
Vanderpool, Clare
After his mother dies, Jack Baker is sent to a boys' boarding home in Maine where he meets an unusual boy named Early Auden. Drawn to Early for reasons he can't explain, Jack joins him on a quest to find a legendary black bear in the nearby mountains, a quest that will test their friendship and reveal new truths about one another.
Schools: 23
Vanderpool, Clare
After his mother dies, Jack Baker is sent to a boys' boarding home in Maine where he meets an unusual boy named Early Auden. Drawn to Early for reasons he can't explain, Jack joins him on a quest to find a legendary black bear in the nearby mountains, a quest that will test their friendship and reveal new truths about one another.
Schools: 4
Vanderpool, Clare
"Odyssey-like adventure of two boys' incredible quest on the Appalachian Trail where they deal with pirates, buried secrets, and extraordinary encounters"--Provided by publisher.
Schools: 46