One of the better YA books that I've read. A boy takes a river trip with his half brother whom he had never met. The brother is a wildlife photographer who wants to get caribou photos and write a piece about climate change in the arctic. Their trip is filled with problems. One of which is a grolar bear. A grizzly/polar bear hybrid believed to have resulted from the two species mingling because of climate change. That Actually Exists...I never knew. Needed to kill a couple of hours so picked up this book that has been on my shelf for several years. Don't know why I never read it because Will Hobbs is one of my favorite authors for middle school boys. As usual there is a hero of middle school age, in this case an Inuit boy. I enjoyed the adventure story and learned a good deal about how climate change and oil and gas drilling impacts native people. I have liked all the books I've read by Will Hobbs with the exception of Kokopelli's Flute.
Good
—Your name...
A little extra gore for my kids but it's an intense and very well written, authentic text.
—Diane
Fast moving but could be preachy at times.
—tara
engaging survival adventure
—zdagger
short novellla but good
—Sydd
