- Paperback: 200 pages
- Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside; 1 edition (Jun 11 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1550050567
- ISBN-13: 978-1550050561
- Product Dimensions: 19.7 x 12.9 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 200 g
- Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #160,266 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Although best known for her works of speculative fiction for young readers, Monica Hughes has also explored insightfully the lives of contemporary teens in powerful novels. Among them is Hunter in the Dark, for which Hughes was awarded the Canada Council Prize (the precursor to the Governor General's Award for Children's Literature), the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award, and the Beaver Award.
It's not easy being 16, especially when you've just discovered that you are suffering from leukemia. Mike Rankin decides that the way he's going to deal with his coming struggle against the disease is by physically testing his strength and resourcefulness. He's not going to submit himself to a barrage of debilitating hospital treatments without first seeing if he can survive a winter hunt in the Swan Hills of Alberta, where he aims to track and kill a white-tailed buck. He secretly heads off into the bush, defying his parents, only to discover that, like the buck, he is both hunter and hunted. And, when he finally corners his quarry, his decision whether to kill the buck or not becomes a sign to him of his resolve in fighting his disease. Hunter in the Dark is a powerful novel sure to touch young readers with its moving portrait of a young man determined to survive. (Ages 10 and older) --Jeffrey Canton --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Mike's got it made. He's a star on the high school basketball team. His girlfriend is the gorgeous Gloria Hlady. And he about to go on a hunting trip with his best friend Doug. But then he collapses on the basketball court and his parents won't tell the results of the hospital tests. Mike's search for answers leads on a dangerous and lonely wilderness quest.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
It was interesting.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Hunter in the Dark (Paperback)
I read the longer version.Mike Rankin has spent the last year mostly in the hospital.He is diagnosed with leukemia,and dreams of when he can go hunting. His parents will not allow him to leave.Now he is out in the bush hunting,tracking a troubled stag and reflecting on his dillema.
2.0 out of 5 stars
It was very confusing.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Hunter in the Dark (Paperback)
This book was so hard to get what it was talking about because it kept on mixing things that happened in Mike's past and future. It was very confusing. I think the story doesn't give enough details to let the people understand the story.
2.0 out of 5 stars
I couldn't get into it at all.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Hunter in the Dark (Paperback)
Ever time I tried to read this book I fell asleep, I had to read it for a book report in school in grade nine. Even though I am an amazing English student this book was hard to get into. This book was really boring at the begining and not that good. The story got confusing when it kept going back and forth from the past and present. I think this book would have been better if the W.W Cross Institude was in it.
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