Fourteen-year-old Chris and his brother Terry were just going out for a little skiing and a little hunting. The hungry coyote seemed an easy mark, but the echoing crack of the rifle sets off an avalanche, and Chris is buried alive under a mountain of snow. No one saw him go under. He is all alone.
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Written forChildren
When and where
Reading situationRead aloud
ThemesSurvival
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