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Two Against the North (originally titled Lost in the Barrens), by Farley Mowat: A Novel Study

by Paul Reid, Clare Reid · 1996

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**Two boys, Awasin and Jamie, get lost and attempt to survive. Do they make it?**

Panting and gasping, the rifle clutched in his hand, Jamie runs as he has never run before. In the distance, he can see the Indian boy circling just out of the huge bear's reach. **Jamie MUST reach his friend in time — and his strength is running out.**

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Literary Awards - CLA Book of the Year for Children Award (1958), Governor General's Literary Awards for Juvenile (1956)

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adventureadventureMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
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bearsbearsMore like thisLess of this
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childrensyoung adult

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