An orphaned boy raised by a survivalist wends his way into the real world in an emotional novel about hope, fears, and found family by New York Times bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde. Out there is chaos, the collapse of society, and so much to be afraid of. All that matters is freedom. Thats what Remy Blake has been taught by his survivalist father. Raised off the grid in the middle of nowhere, his own survival skills not yet honed, Remy is days shy of his eighth birthday when his father unexpectedly dies. As seasons pass, supplies run out, and fending for himself grows more desperate, Remy sets out on foot, unprepared for the great unknown of civilization. He is foundnear feral, silent, and terrifiedin the small rural town of Blaire. To Anne, a nurturing mother of two adopted teenagers whos still dealing with her own childhood rejections, Remy is not a lost cause. Just a challenging one. As Remy cautiously adapts to his new foster home, his family wants nothing more than to reassure him that he can trust the world. But to do so, they must first reexamine how much they trust the world themselves, and how much they should. As Remys journey into the real world begins, figuring out how to navigate it becomes a path they will have to learn to walk together.
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Publication Date: 02 May 2023
Publisher: Amazon Publishing
Publication City/Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781662504372
About Catherine Ryan Hyde
Catherine Ryan Hyde is the New York Times Wall Street Journal and #1 Amazon Charts bestselling author of more than forty books and counting. An avid traveler equestrian and amateur photographer she shares her astrophotography with readers on her website. Her novel Pay It Forward was adapted into a major motion picture chosen by the American Library Association (ALA) for its Best Books for Young Adults list and translated into more than twenty-three languages for distribution in over thirty countries. Both Becoming Chloe and Jumpstart the World were included on the ALAs Rainbow Book List and Jumpstart the World was a finalist for two Lambda Literary Awards. Where We Belong won two Rainbow Awards in 2013 and The Language of Hoofbeats won a Rainbow Award in 2015. More than fifty of her short stories have been published in the Antioch Review Michigan Quarterly Review Virginia Quarterly Review Ploughshares Glimmer Train and many other journals; in the anthologies Santa Barbara Stories and California Shorts; and in the bestselling anthology Dog Is My Copilot. Her stories have been honored by the Raymond Carver Short Story Contest and the Tobias Wolff Award and have been nominated for The Best American Short Stories the O. Henry Award and the Pushcart Prize. Three have been cited in the annual The Best American Short Stories anthology. She is the founder and former president (20002009) of the Pay It Forward Foundation. As a professional public speaker she has addressed the National Conference on Education twice spoken at Cornell University met with AmeriCorps members at the White House and shared a dais with Bill Clinton. For more information please visit the author at www.catherineryanhyde.com.