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The Wild Lands

The Wild Lands

Current price: $17.99
Publication Date: January 29th, 2019
Publisher:
Imprint
ISBN:
9781250183583
Pages:
384

Description

Two siblings fight to survive as they trek across the vast Alaskan wilderness in this riveting thriller.

Travis and his younger sister, Jess, are trapped in a daily race to survive—and there is no second place. Natural disasters and a breakdown of civilization have cut off Alaska from the world and destroyed its landscape. Now, as food runs out and the few who remain turn on each other, Travis and Jess must cross hundreds of miles in search of civilization.

The wild lands around them are filled with ravenous animals, desperate survivors pushed to the edge, and people who’ve learned to shoot first and ask questions never.

Travis and Jess will make a few friends and a lot of enemies on their terrifying journey across the ruins of today’s world—and they’ll have to fight for what they believe in as they see how far people will go to survive.

The Wild Lands is a pulse-pounding YA thriller full of shocking plot twists. It’s the ultimate survival tale of humanity’s fight against society’s collapse.

An Imprint Book

“This rugged survival story places a group of teens in a dark, burned-out post-apocalyptic nightmare. Your heart will pound for them as they face terrible dangers and impossible odds. Gripping, vivid, and haunting!”
—Emmy Laybourne, international bestselling author of the Monument 14 trilogy

A compelling story that wouldn’t let me stop reading. Greci has created both a frightening landscape and characters you believe in and want to survive it.”
—Eric Walters, author of the bestselling Rule of Three series

About the Author

Paul Greci has lived and worked in Alaska for over twenty-five years as a field biology technician in remote wilderness areas, a backpacking trip leader for teens, and a naturalist for several outdoor education programs. His middle grade adventure novel, Surviving Bear Island, was a Junior Library Guild Selection and a Scholastic Reading Club Pick.

Praise for The Wild Lands

A 2022-23 Alaska Battle of the Books Selection

“This rugged survival story places a group of teens in a dark, burned-out post-apocalyptic nightmare. Your heart will pound for them as they face terrible dangers and impossible odds. Gripping, vivid, and haunting!”

—Emmy Laybourne, international bestselling author of the Monument 14 trilogy

A compelling story that wouldn’t let me stop reading. Greci has created both a frightening landscape and characters you believe in and want to survive it.”
—Eric Walters, author of the bestselling Rule of Three series

“Heart-racing... A rugged wilderness lover's post-disaster survivalist tale.” —Kirkus Reviews

Heart-thumping suspense for readers who liked Rick Yancey's The 5th Wave.” —Booklist

Raw and accessible. Offering hints of Hatchet with markedly more manmade danger.” —The Bulletin

“This fast-paced book contains all the hallmarks of a classic wilderness survival novel (deadly terrain, vicious predators, literal cliff-hangers) and the best of the postapocalyptic genre ... The author’s decades of Alaskan wilderness experience is evident throughout ... A great high-stakes wilderness survival tale.” —School Library Journal

“A brutal vision of things to come. Greci delivers an apocalyptic odyssey that’s honest, relentless, and backed by his firsthand knowledge of the wilderness.”
— Lex Thomas, author of the Quarantine series

“The themes of teamwork, choice and free will are incredibly well done ... an intense and thrilling ride.” —TeenReads.com