Follow the River [Hardcover]

A gripping survival adventure in the Alaskan wilderness following Tom's brave journey to save his best friend Billy and Billy’s father against all odds.

Perfect for 9 to 12 year olds who enjoy a fast-paced survival storying exploring courage, resilience, and determination as one boy risks everything to get help in the wild.

When Billy and his dad are injured, Tom summons the courage to get back on the water to save them. This time, he must travel in a rickety old homemade canoe through the Alaska wilderness to get help. But it’s not just the canoe and the terrain he has to worry about—he’s surrounded by adversaries. Are his skills enough to fight them off or will his journey be cut short and Billy and his father left stranded?

A 2021 Junior Library Guild Selection Greci has the skills to show young readers that, despite our conflicts, we all have shared humanity. It’s a much needed message. --David James, Anchorage Daily News

In this action-packed adventure, chapters are very short, contain some illustrations, and often end on a cliffhanger, making this a solid choice for reluctant readers. Greci toes the line between abrupt and drawn out, with the action seemingly never slowing down for Tom throughout the entire book . . . —School Library JournalPaul Greci is a teacher who also enjoys exploring the Alaskan wilderness. The first time he climbed into a sea kayak he embarked on a nine-week, five-hundred-mile journey in Prince William Sound. He lives in Fairbanks, Alaska.US