Hatchet av Gary Paulsen - stillegående og realistisk villmarkseventyr for ungdom

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He could not at first leave the fire.
    It was too precious to him, so close and sweet a thing, the yellow and red flames brightening the dark interior of the shelter, the happy crackle of the dry wood as it burned., the he could not leave it. He went to the trees and brought in as many dead limbs as he could chop off and carry, and when he had a large pile of them he sat near the fire- though it was getting into the warm middle part of the day and he was hot - and broke them in small pieces and fed the fire.
    I will not let you go out, he said to himself to the flames - not ever.

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Interessant villmarkseventyr fra en forfatter som også er hundekjører.

My story av Elizabeth Smart - sterk bok om en modig og utholdende jente

I hesitated, feeling sick with utter fear.      He is going to take me outside, I thought. He is going to hurt or kill me!      I felt the knife against my back. Cold. Hard. I imagined the cut of the blade into my body.

Hvordan holder man ut en utenkelig situasjon?