North of Nowhere: A Young Adult Survival Thriller

$11.99
by Scott P. Hicks

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She fell from the sky and lived. The wolves taught her how to keep living. NORTH OF NOWHERE is a lean, heart‑pounding wilderness survival thriller about an eight‑year‑old girl, a winter forest, and the wild bond that carries her toward rescue when no adult can. A hijacked airliner, a torn fuselage, a seat ripped free, then white silence and a child alone among trees. Her left arm’s broken. The temperature’s falling. The only warm place in a hundred miles breathes fur and earth. Emily holds to simple rules Grandpa taught: keep warm, drink, think in small steps, make yourself seen. A scar‑eyed she‑wolf leads her to shelter. A yearling brings meat. A pup shares heat under her coat. Helicopters pass unseen above the canopy. When she finally reaches a wind‑scoured meadow and the sky at last can see her, a grizzly rises from a hollow and charges. The pack stands. A pilot risks a hover in thin winter air. A single gunshot scatters the bear and rewrites a life. Back in town, warm rooms and bright lights raise new tests: doctors, notes, doubt. A mother believes. A pilot says what he saw. The rest of the world asks for proof that wildness seldom gives. Emily keeps the truth the way a body keeps heat, close. Why readers stay up late for NORTH OF NOWHERE: High‑concept hook: a child survives a mid‑air ejection and must cross winter forest with a wolf pack at her side. - Relentless tension, clean prose: short, vivid scenes; no gore; emotional impact without sensationalism. - Authentic survival beats: improvised sling, snow hydration, step‑count pacing, open‑sky signaling. - Wild hearts, human stakes: a mother’s certainty set against the world’s doubt; a pilot’s quiet courage; animals written as animals—never pets, never monsters. - Big feelings, broad reach: accessible for teens, layered enough for adults; hope threaded through danger. - A cinematic third act: open meadow, charging bear, rotor wash, the shot that turns the day. - After‑rescue resonance: press briefings, evidence bags, and the quiet that follows headlines. You’ll love this if you enjoy: Wilderness survival with a beating human core. - Found family across species —earned, unsentimental, unforgettable. - Mother‑child bond that refuses to be neat or small. - Fast chapters that leave you saying “one more.” Content snapshot: Hijacking spark → structural failure → fall into pine canopy - Den warmth, food sharing, coyote standoff - Two‑day trek for a clearing; bear sign in drifted snow - Meadow confrontation; bold rescue under rotor wash - Hospital recovery; public narrative vs. private truth From first cold breath to the last quiet page, NORTH OF NOWHERE delivers fear, grace, and the stubborn will to live.

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