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by Jo Pearsall (Author), Brynn Law (Author), Colleen Coggins (Cover Design by)
Bravery The Alaskan Wilderness Girl series, debut novel, Lost But Not Alone, introduces the reader to 11-year-old Bravery, who resides in rural Alaska with her large family, friends, and the community she is immersed in. She shares her life with many farm animals and family pets, including a wild turkey named Cornholio, whose antics everyone will love. Readers will also meet Crusty, the half-tailed rat, and her lifelong friends, including her best friend Jaxon.
In Lost But Not Alone, Bravery makes an impulsive decision that profoundly impacts her life and puts her in a perilous situation. In doing so, she now wanders in an unfamiliar, unforgiving landscape. She carries a small injured animal inside her backpack, having traded her safety on the road home to follow its desperate cries for help into the depths of the Alaskan wilderness
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Unfortunately for Bravery, she has attracted the unwanted attention of a most feared predator, who is very interested in her precious cargo. It relentlessly tracks her, pushing them deeper into the unknown. With no one but herself to rely on, she fights tirelessly to keep the small animal and herself safe. Bravery is forced to use every skill she has acquired throughout her young life with each step she takes.
At eleven, Bravery is remarkably smart and skilled in survival training. She also has excellent instincts. This gives her an advantage as she navigates the wilderness while her family and entire community tirelessly search for her. She faces head-on her fears, heart-wrenching loneliness, and self-reflection throughout her ordeal. Quickly falling in love with the little animal she carries. Her love for him guides and teaches her that she must fight and outsmart the relentless predator.
BUT FOR HOW LONG?
Can Bravery keep going? She is guided only by love, her strong will to survive, and the courage that she questions every step of the way.
