Front Country, Sara St. Antoine
Front Country, Sara St. Antoine
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Front Country

Author: Sara St. Antoine

Narrator: Sandy Rustin

Unabridged: 8 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/04/2022


Synopsis

The world is not okay. Now what?

Ginny Shepard is glad to be in Montana for a month of backcountry camping before she starts high school. The world is on fire. That’s the awful truth. And Ginny would much rather be hiking in the mountains than doing the summer college prep classes her parents think will help her future. Because, the future?

Who even knows what that is anymore.

But once Ginny gets to camp, things get complicated fast. She meets her tripmates: five challenging, rebellious, tech-addicted boys. And she finds out TrackFinders is designed for kids who need extra “support.” Instead of feeling free as a bird, Ginny feels trapped … and betrayed.

As her friendships with her fellow campers deepen on the trail, though, Ginny starts to see new sides of them—and of herself. Maybe out here in the backcountry she’ll actually find what she needs to face the front country again.

Set in Montana’s sweeping alpine wilderness, this epic adventure captures the tremendous heartbreak of realizing the world isn’t okay at all and shows how that knowledge, and what we choose to do with it, shapes us into who we are.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Carol

This is a great outdoor adventure story with a strong female character. Middle Grade students who love nature and are concerned with the state of the natural world will find this compelling. It takes on important topics, but does so in a way that remains hopeful. I would recommend this book to my st......more

Goodreads review by Aaryn

If you like middle grade cli-fi, add Front Country to your TBR!......more

Goodreads review by Renata

I heard about this book because I attended an author event where St. Antoine was one of the authors speaking (I hadn't heard of her before - I went for some of the other authors), and she read a little excerpt of this and I was hooked! Really strong MG/lower YA story for climate anxiety-havers with......more

Goodreads review by Avery

Incredible story, character building, and working in of a little queer joy without making it a plot point (it doesn't always need to be a major plot point, representation is important on so many levels).......more

Goodreads review by Annette

Reviewing a ARC version for Raincoast Books. Received softcover edition. I have to say I liked this story but some details could have been fine-tuned. I really disliked how the girls family treated her and the whole situation. Do such clueless families truly exist? The issues the teens had felt real.......more