Outback (Orca Soundings) - Softcover

Stevenson, Robin

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ISBN 10: 1554694191 ISBN 13: 9781554694198

Publisher: Orca Book Publishers, 2011

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Since his girlfriend dumped him, Jayden has been avoiding school-and life in general. When his eccentric uncle Mel invites him to help with his biology research at an Australian university, he figures he has nothing to lose. Once he arrives, he discovers Mel is obsessed with finding a new species of lizard and is determined to be the first to discover it. Unfortunately, this means an expedition into the scorching desert heat of the Australian outback...with the increasingly paranoid Mel and an unfriendly biology student named Natalie. Then disaster strikes, and Jayden and Nat find themselves many miles from civilization fighting for their survival.

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Book Description:

In the unforgiving outback, one wrong step can mean death.

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We watch helplessly as the jeep burns. And I realize how completely screwed we are. Since his girlfriend dumped him, Jayden has been avoiding school-and life in general. When his eccentric uncle Mel invites him to help with his biology research at an Australian university, he figures he has nothing to lose. Unfortunately, this means an expedition into the scorching desert heat of the Australian outback...with the increasingly paranoid Mel and an unfriendly biology student named Natalie. Then disaster strikes... and Jayden and Nat find themselves many miles from Civilization-with no vehicle, no means of communication and a limited supply of water-fighting for their survival.

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