Walkaway

by Alden R. Carter

Critically acclaimed author Carter's tale of escape and harrowing adventure will have even the most reluctant reader tearing through the pages.Andy is tired. Tired of the way everyone has treated him... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823421066
• ISBN13: 9780823421060
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Holiday House
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 12 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 10

Customer Reviews

Another fine novel from Carter

Once again, Carter has created an impelling and believable central character struggling to deal with unfavorable circumstances. Facing not simply an alcoholic father but also his own chemical imbalance that makes him anxious and prone to delusion, 15-year-old Andy finally decides that the only solution for him is to leave it all behind--to leave his family and his own troubled past and make his way into the vast wooded spaces of Canada to live alone. Where Gary Paulsen might have made this a novel of a successful survival in such a life, Carter delves into a far more likely scenario: a young man's immaturity and inability to make life-changing decisions. Andy is a likeable, but deeply flawed, character whom young readers are likely first to identify with and then to be fearful for, as Carter brings Andy's problems to the fore. Andy's narration is frank, gruff and sometimes crude, in the way of 15-year-old boys, and this novel is not for readers who want easy resolutions and rainbows at the end of every cloud, but for those unafraid to deal with serious issues. A serious and mature work.