Overview
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Eleven-year-old Rigel Harman loves her life in off-the-grid Alaska. She hunts rabbits, takes correspondence classes through the mail, and plays dominoes with her family in their two-room cabin. She doesnāt mind not having electricity or running waterāinstead, sheās got tall trees, fresh streams, and endless sky.
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But then her parents divorce, and Rigel and her sisters have to move with their mom to the Connecticut suburbs to live with a grandmother theyāve never met. Rigel hates it in Connecticut. Itās noisy, and crowded, and thereās no real nature. Her only hope is a secret pact that she made with her father: If she can stick it out in Connecticut for one year, heāll bring her back home.
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At first, surviving the year feels impossible. Middle school is nothing like the wilderness, and she doesnāt connect with anyone . . . until she befriends a crow living behind her school. And if this wild creature has made a life for itself in the suburbs, then, just maybe, Rigel can too.
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365 Days to Alaska is a wise and funny debut novel about finding beauty, hope, and connection in the world no matter where you areāeven Connecticut.
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āRigelās big heart made my own heart ache. A funny and poignant fish-out-of-water tale with all the right feels and an important reflection on how we can all find our way home.ā āJohn David Anderson, author of Ms. Bixbyās Last Day
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āRigelās suspenseful journey toward finding a home for her brave and wild heart is one that will help us all discover the beauty and uniqueness of where we are.ā āFrancisco X. Stork, author of Marcelo in the Real World
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āReaders will want to travel alongside Rigel as she struggles to survive the halls of middle school as well as she did the Alaskan bush. 365 Days to Alaska is a wonderful debut novel about compassion, belonging, and finding your way home when you feel lost in the wilderness.ā āLynne Kelly, author of Song for a Whale
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āCathy Carrās debut is a poignant novel about family and truth, particularly the uncomfortable truths between fathers and daughters, told in a voice full of insight, love, and humor. Sheās an author to watch, full of wisdom and exquisite heart.ā āCarrie Jones, NYT bestselling author of the Need and Time Stoppers series
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āRigel Harman isnāt just any outsiderāsheās an Alaskan Bush outsider. Carrās empathic and outstanding debut novel will move readers of all ages, creating internal acceptance not only for Rigel but also for ourselves.ā āBethany Hegedus, author of Grandfather Gandhi
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