Young Adult Fiction Self-esteem & Self-reliance
Crabbe
- Publisher
- Fitzhenry and Whiteside
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2014
- Category
- Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Runaways, Canada, Coming of Age
- Recommended Age
- 12 to 14
- Recommended Grade
- 7 to 9
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781554559336
- Publish Date
- Jan 2014
- List Price
- $12.99
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Description
The night before his final exams, a semi-alcoholic teenager packs up his gear and disappears into the woods. Totally unprepared for bush life, he nearly dies until he meets someone else who has her own reasons to hide.
About the author
William Bell was born in Toronto in 1945 and went to school there until he graduated from the College of Education in 1970. Until 2002 he was a high school English teacher and department head in Ontario. Bell also taught at the Harbin University of Science and Technology, the Foreign Affairs College (both in China), and the University of British Columbia. He holds a Masters of Arts degree in Literature and a Master of Education degree. Bell's Young Adult novels have been translated into nine languages and have won a number of awards. Bell lives in Orillia, Ontario, with author Ting-xing Ye.
