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Graff, Andrew J.,

Raft of stars : a novel - First edition. - 288 pages ; 24 cm

"An instant classic, for fans of Huckleberry Finn, Peace Like a River, and Jim the Boy: when two hardscrabble young boys think they've committed a crime, they flee into the Northwoods of Wisconsin. Will the adults trying to find and protect them reach them before it's too late?"-- Summer, 1994, Claypot, Wisconsin. Tired of seeing his best friend, Dale "Bread" Breadwin, bruised and terrorized by his no-good dad, ten-year-old Fischer "Fish" Branson takes action. A gunshot rings out and the two boys flee the scene, believing themselves murderers. They head for the woods, where they find their way onto a raft, but the natural terrors of Ironsforge gorge threaten to overwhelm them. Four adults track them into the forest, each one on a journey of his or her own.-- adapted from jacket

ISBN: 9780063031906 0063031906

LCCN: 2020013622

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Forests and forestry--Fiction.
Runaway children--Fiction.
Abused children--Fiction.
Abusive men--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Wisconsin--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Bildungsromans.
Fiction.

LC Class. No.: PS3607.R32926 / R34 2020

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.6