My abandonment / Peter Rock.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Rock, Peter, 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Teenage girls--Fiction.
• Fathers and daughters--Fiction.
• Fathers and daughters.
• Wilderness areas.
• Homeless families.
• Homeless families--Fiction.
• Survival--Fiction.
• Survival.
• Forest Park (Portland, Or.)--Fiction.
• Wilderness areas--Northwest, Pacific--Fiction.

Genre:

• Fiction.
• Psychological fiction.

Physical Description:

225 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.

Summary:

A thirteen-year-old girl and her father live in Forest Park, the enormous nature preserve in Portland, Oregon. There they inhabit an elaborate cave shelter, bathe in a nearby creek, store perishables at the water's edge, use a makeshift septic system, tend a garden, even keep a library of sorts. Once a week, they go to the city to buy groceries and otherwise merge with the civilized world. But one small mistake allows a backcountry jogger to discover them, which derails their entire existence, ultimately provoking a deeper flight. Inspired by a true story and told through the startlingly sincere voice of a young narrator, Caroline, Peter Rock's My Abandonment is a riveting journey into life at the margins, and a mesmerizing tale of survival and hope.

ISBN:

• 9780151014149
• 0151014140
• 9780156035521
• 0156035529

OCLC:

180080934