The Starlight Claim, Tim WynneJones
The Starlight Claim, Tim WynneJones
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The Starlight Claim

Author: Tim Wynne-Jones

Narrator: Tim Wynne-Jones

Unabridged: 6 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Published: 09/10/2019

Synopsis

Fast-paced, evocative, and intensely suspenseful, Tim Wynne-Jones’s latest psychological thriller finds a teenager setting his wits against the frigid wilderness and a menacing crew of escapees.Four months after his best friend, Dodge, disappeared near their families’ camp in a boat accident, Nate is still haunted by nightmares. He’d been planning to make the treacherous trek to the remote campsite with a friend — his first time in winter without his survival-savvy father, Burt. But when his friend gets grounded, Nate secretly decides to brave the trip solo in a journey that’s half pilgrimage, half desperate hope he will find his missing friend when no one else could. What he doesn’t expect to find is the door to the cabin flung open and the camp occupied by strangers: three men he’s horrified to realize have escaped from a maximum-security prison. Snowed in by a blizzard and with no cell signal, Nate is confronted with troubling memories of Dodge and a stunning family secret, and realizes that his survival now depends on his wits as much as his wilderness skills. As things spiral out of control, Nate finds himself dealing with questions even bigger than who gets to leave the camp alive.

About Tim Wynne-Jones

Tim Wynne-Jones is the accomplished author of numerous young adult novels, including The Emperor of Any Place, which earned seven starred reviews; Blink & Caution, winner of a 2011 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award; The Uninvited; and The Ruinous Sweep. In 2012, he was named an Officer of the Order of Canada for his services to literature. Tim Wynne-Jones lives with his wife in Ontario.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Claude's on August 22, 2021

Well the premise was good but it lacked tension in my opinion. This book will be great for teens at the beginning of their reading journey looking for a fairly fast paced book about survival in the wilderness with wanted felons hunting you down. I didn't think it was thrilling enough myself and I wou......more

Goodreads review by Julie on September 23, 2019

Nate is still reeling from his best friend's disappearance four months before. Dodge is presumed dead in a boating accident, but the body was never found. Nate has nightmares where Dodge is floating under the ice in the frigid water of Ghost Lake begging him to come save him, find him, help him...........more

Goodreads review by Hristina on August 29, 2019

I enjoyed this one a lot. I like fast pace YA, and this one was paced just right for me. The story was really intriguing, I loved the premise, but the execution was amazing too. The writing flowed really well, it had both intense and heartfelt moments, and it brought the atmosphere to life really we......more

Goodreads review by Brianna on March 28, 2021

I'm not quite sure if I'm rating this accurately - I think I'm just so thrilled to be done with it that my ranking may be too positive. God damn, was this a drag to get through. I know a book is bad when I start another book and finish it while I am in the middle of reading it, and it takes me a MONT......more

Goodreads review by Gary on January 16, 2020

Nate’s best friend Dodge disappeared after an accident in the Canadian wilderness that also claimed the lives of Dodge’s father and brother. Nate decides to take a winter trek to the area of Dodge’s disappearance where both of their families had cabins. What happens next becomes a dramatic ordeal th......more

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