365 Days to Alaska

Name: 365 Days to Alaska
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Cathy Carr
ISBN: 9781666149227

Author: Cathy Carr

Narrator: Patricia Santomasso

Unabridged: 6 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/14/2021

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Social Themes

Synopsis

Eleven-year-old Rigel Harman loves her life in off-the-grid Alaska. She hunts rabbits, takes correspondence classes through the mail, and plays dominoes with her family in their two-room cabin. She doesn't mind not having electricity or running water—instead, she's got tall trees, fresh streams, and endless sky.

But then her parents divorce, and Rigel and her sisters have to move with their mom to the Connecticut suburbs to live with a grandmother they've never met. Rigel hates it in Connecticut. It's noisy, and crowded, and there's no real nature. Her only hope is a secret pact that she made with her father: If she can stick it out in Connecticut for one year, he'll bring her back home.

At first, surviving the year feels impossible. Middle school is nothing like the wilderness, and she doesn't connect with anyone . . . until she befriends a crow living behind her school. And if this wild creature has made a life for itself in the suburbs, then, just maybe, Rigel can too.

365 Days to Alaska is a wise and funny debut novel about finding beauty, hope, and connection in the world no matter where you are—even Connecticut.

About Cathy Carr

Cathy Carr grew up in Wisconsin, where a steady supply of her dad's stories about his Alaskan adventures sparked her interest in the forty-ninth state. A former copy editor, library clerk, and technical writer, she now lives in New Jersey with her family and writes fiction.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rachel

4.5 stars! This is the kind of middle grade novel I absolutely adore. Rigel lives with her parents and two sisters in the middle of nowhere Alaska, where they hunt for their food and don’t have running water or electricity. When her parents divorce, Rigel along with her mom and sisters go to live wi......more

Goodreads review by Darla

Rigel is 11, she can shoot a rabbit for dinner, and her favorite food is salmon jerky. When her mother Lila moves Rigel and her sisters to Connecticut to live with their grandmother, there is some culture shock to deal with. Her life goes from "off-the-grid" to "just-off-the-turnpike." All she can t......more

Goodreads review by Christy

4 stars I've always found thought about how challenging it would be to live in a place without running water, indoor plumbing etc, but that is the reality for eleven year old Rigel and she loves growing up in Alaska. When her parents get divorced and she and her sister move to Connecticut with their......more

Goodreads review by Faith

Quick: read the publisher's description of this one. If you know me, you’ll know that summary just tweaked a couple of sensitive points. As a former homeschooler and current homeschooling mom, my radar is always out for portrayals of homeschooling–and I’ve become less tolerant when they’re done poorl......more

Goodreads review by Alec's Always Bored

The first novel written by Cathy Carr, this story sets up a lovely coming of age story. 11 year old Rigel Herman is a girl who lives in Alaska, in a very off the grid environment. She calls her parents by their first names. She has two sisters, one older and one younger. She is very close to her fat......more