librariann's review
4.0
Ages 10+ (an attempted rape, but the attack is not explicit)
A simple yet effective story of two Alaskan sisters who survive a smallpox epidemic that kills every other person in their native village. Desperate to find other survivors, the girls travel downriver as winter takes hold. Good for reluctant or hi/lo readers.
A simple yet effective story of two Alaskan sisters who survive a smallpox epidemic that kills every other person in their native village. Desperate to find other survivors, the girls travel downriver as winter takes hold. Good for reluctant or hi/lo readers.
kukushka's review
5.0
This would work well as a middle grade book, or enjoyable as an adult reader.
Though not particularly graphic, the subject matter is obviously rather horrific. The scenes near the beginning of the dying/dead village were particularly difficult.
I really liked the two girls and their changing relationship, and the writing style has a very "storyteller" feel to it (it reads almost as though I was being told the story out loud). There's a lot of emotional punch for such a short story.
Though not particularly graphic, the subject matter is obviously rather horrific. The scenes near the beginning of the dying/dead village were particularly difficult.
I really liked the two girls and their changing relationship, and the writing style has a very "storyteller" feel to it (it reads almost as though I was being told the story out loud). There's a lot of emotional punch for such a short story.
luaucow's review
3.0
The storyline was interesting, but I listened to this one and I really thought the grandmotherly voiced narrator detracted from this audiobook. It would have had more teen appeal if an age-appropriate narrator performed it.
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