Welcome to Litsy!

“Perhaps when I am grown I will not know anything. Perhaps that is the way it works, the way it is with growing. When you grow, you start to unlearn things.” —Gary Paulsen, Island

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@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Thirteen-year-old Nikki Roberts hears a distress call on CB radio from 2 young children, 1 injured, who are stuck in a forest fire. With the added annoyance of poachers who also try to trap Nikki and her horse, can Nikki get them all to safety?

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@Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

While lost in the woods, Carl and his cousin seek shelter with a man known as Fox Man. Though his face is horribly disfigured, (WWI) he is generous and intelligent, and becomes a sort of mentor for the boys. Great story

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@Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

Fascinating story of Mark, camping in the desert alone, who awakens to a powerful light that transports him to another time and place. Survival instincts compel him to defend himself and prove his strength.

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@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Loved teaching this in middle school. ❄️

He would like to speak to the manager about the following issues: not enough petting, has been a full two hours since his last meal, cannot reach the treat jar on his own.

Young David‘s Uncle Owen is dying and asks David to take his twenty-two foot fiberglass FROG out to sea upon Owen‘s death, and scatter his ashes upon the water. His journey is fraught with storms/high winds, hunger and thirst, and the loneliness of survival. Well-written and you felt like you were experiencing it all as David was.

#Pantone2023 @Clwojick

This was beautifully told! A look at the mind and musings of 15 yo Wil Neuton who is exploring solitude and self-reliance by coexisting with nature on a small island in a lake in northern Minnesota.

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POV: 11 years old Eldon, who speaks honestly about the sights, sounds, smells and regimen of farm life through the seasons for him, his brother, parents and uncle.

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#EasterOMC Readathon Day 3
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Book 3
Francis and the kids are beset by early winter in the mountains so they reroute their journey southerly. In doing so, they find themselves in the thick of battle - the Mexican war of 1848…

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#MarchMadnessReadathon Day 17
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