Wallace, Brandon Wilder Boys: The Journey Home, 185
pages. Aladdin (Simon), 2016. $17.
Content: G (danger and tension, but nothing graphic).
Taylor and Jake have been living with their father in very
primitive conditions in the wilds of Grand Teton National Park, but winter is
on its way and both boys are a little skeptical that they will be well prepared
to live through the snows. When they
find out their dad has a cell phone, they call home, just to listen to their
dead mom’s voice on their answering machine.
To their surprise, Mom answers.
She wasn’t dead like her boyfriend Bull told them. Now the boys are determined to leave the
mountains and make their away back to Pennsylvania to their mom. The challenges on the way back are just as
daunting as what they faced on their way to find their father.
Do you remember how disappointed you were when you watched
Mad Max: Fury Road and the escapees just turned around and headed back to the
same place they came from? Yep – that’s
the feeling I had when I saw where this book was heading. The dangers aren’t as compelling this time
around. Young readers, however, will
probably be just fine with the new adventures.
EL - OPTIONAL. Cindy,
Library Teacher
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