Cheechako

Jonathan Thomas Stratman

ISBN 10: 1470185903 / ISBN 13: 9781470185909

Published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, US, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cheechako
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, US
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1470185903
• ISBN 13: 9781470185909
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 13.34W x 0.91H x 20.32D centimeters 13.34 centimeters width by 0.91 centimeters height by 20.32 centimeters depth
• Weight: 172 grams

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Synopsis

Will Rollins, a greenhorn––cheechako––(chee-chock-oh) is miserable in his new Alaska life. In addition to the bully hassling him, he can’t seem to make any friends in school and doesn’t know a thing about dogsleds, riverboats, hunting, or survival at 40 degrees below zero. Even though he doesn’t feel very brave, Will darts out alone onto rampaging-river ice to rescue a stranded dog. His bravery wins him a valuable, trained sled dog, Blackie, and a new human friend as well, a Native American boy named Elias. It’s Elias who challenges and inspires the cheechako to become a rugged outdoorsman and a real Alaskan. Will starts out by feeding, harnessing and then driving a sled dog team. He learns to throw a hatchet–and hit what he aims at! He learns to snowshoe and stay alive in the cold, to challenge his fears and to keep moving when everything he wants to do is quit. Best of all, he learns to be a good friend.But when a fierce, Siberian blizzard rampages across central Alaska, stranding Will's family, nearly burying their log cabin in wind-blown snow drifts,it will be up to Will and Blackie to try to make it out alive. With Elias injured and Will's family in danger of freezing, can a cheechako save them? Can he save himself? A thrilling read for boys or girls who love adventure.

About the Author

When I was seven, our family moved from Cambridge, Massachusetts to Nenana, Alaska. The two places could not have been more different. It was the beginning of a great adventure and of experiences and impressions that continue to inform my writing to this day.So now, after all these years and all this practice, I feel like an overnight success. And what is success for a writer? Not necessarily sales.Success is staying at it, writing and re-writing. Actually finishing. Knowing you've done your best work and knowing the book you submit or upload ... works.And it's also hearing from readers who say, as one did recently, "I couldn't go to bed without finishing your book."