Athabasca by Kleinhuis, Harry

Athabasca

Jack is 14 going on 15. For the past seven years, he and his younger brother and...
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Author: Harry Kleinhuis
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Athabasca by Kleinhuis, Harry

Athabasca

$33.85

Athabasca

$33.85
Author: Harry Kleinhuis
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Jack is 14 going on 15. For the past seven years, he and his younger brother and sister, and his mother and father, have lived in a remote cabin on the Athabasca River west of Edmonton. It's the late 1930s, and the river is almost as wild and untamed as it was before humans began settling along the riverbanks.

The reason for the Whyte family living there has a good deal to do with Malcolm, Jack's father, and what we would call his PTSD after serving in World War One. He has never really recovered from the trauma of his experience in the trenches, and his solution has been to sweep his family into the wilderness and remain there, living off the land. But now Jack is of an age when he figures he has had enough of this life, particularly since his father is not the most understanding of parents.

Trouble is, as Jack makes his move to leave the family by canoeing away down the Athabasca, something goes wrong on the first day and he breaks his arm, and has to stay stranded, alone, unable to make any more progress. Malcolm comes after him, and somehow father and son begin to communicate in ways they never have. All of this is played out against the backdrop of a powerful river where nature is dominant and where a family manages their lives alone in the bush, with little or no reference to the world beyond.



Author: Harry Kleinhuis
Publisher: Red Deer Press
Published: 04/22/2021
Pages: 312
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.40h x 5.20w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780889956346
Audience: Young Adult


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 04/02/2021 pg. 1

About the Author

Harry Kleinhuis is a former pastor and teacher who lives near Parry Sound, Ontario. This is his second published novel.




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