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Runaway Storm
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D.E. Knobbe (Goodreads Author)
When Nate discovers his mother is not moving home and his father cancels their summer kayaking adventure, Nate is devastated. He decides to solo the Canadian wilderness in his kayak. Half drowned after risking his life in a wild storm to avoid getting caught, Nate reaches an uninhabited island paradise. His tranquility is shattered by the arrival of a girl named Kat, but s...more
Hardcover, 223 pages
Published
January 1st 2010
by Emerald Book Co
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This YA novel falls into the Adventure/Survival genre and will most likely appeal to fans of Will Hobbs or Gary Paulsen. Nate is fourteen turning fifteen and awash in teenage angst. His parents are in the middle of a divorce, his mom has uprooted him and relocated to NYC for a job, he has no friends, and, in general, is pretty annoyed about the changes to his life and his lack of control over them. When Nate's dad has to cancel a summer kayaking trip at the last minute, Nate decides he's had eno...more
Runaway Storm
BY: D.E. Knobbe
PUBLISHED BY: Emerald Book Company
PUBLISHED IN: 2010
ISBN: 978-1-934572-35-1
Pages: 223
Ages: Young Adult
Reviewed by Billy Burgess
In the first book of the Runaway series, author D.E. Knobbe introduces us to an almost fifteen year-old boy named Nate. He’s a troubled kid who’s having problems adjusting to his parents split and the recent move to New York.
Nate decides he needs a break from his life and comes up with the prefect scheme. He’s going to go kayaking by himsel...more
BY: D.E. Knobbe
PUBLISHED BY: Emerald Book Company
PUBLISHED IN: 2010
ISBN: 978-1-934572-35-1
Pages: 223
Ages: Young Adult
Reviewed by Billy Burgess
In the first book of the Runaway series, author D.E. Knobbe introduces us to an almost fifteen year-old boy named Nate. He’s a troubled kid who’s having problems adjusting to his parents split and the recent move to New York.
Nate decides he needs a break from his life and comes up with the prefect scheme. He’s going to go kayaking by himsel...more
Nathan is a runaway even though life isn't too terrible for him but when his parents separate and he feels abandoned by both of them, he decides to steal his father's kayak to fulfill his life dream. He ends up in rough storms and battles nasty drug smugglers; meeting runaway friends along the way. Danger lurks in the string of islands off the west coast of Canada and the U.S., and the need for food, water, and safety becomes a battle too. Can Nate save himself and the Goth girl who saved his li...more
In ‘Runaway Storm’ by D.E. Knobbe, you’re swept along on an exhilarating adventure with Nate who decides to take the fate of his summer into his own hands. Nate, our 17 year old protagonist, has been forced to deal with the misfortune of his parent’s separation. Much to his dismay, Nate has been forced to move away from Canada to New York where his mother took a job and a new boyfriend. Nate is looking forward to him and his father spending the summer together on a much anticipated kayak adventu...more
Reviewed by Kira M for TeensReadToo.com
With his parents getting a divorce, 15-year-old Nate feels abandoned by his parents. Stealing a kayak, he sets off to some sparsely populated islands off the coast of Vancouver to get away from his life.
When he gets there, however, he meets some real runaways who make him feel like a fraud. Fighting to survive, find food, and to have shelter, he and the runaways team together to beat the odds.
Things aren't as hunky-dory as the group would hope, though. When...more
With his parents getting a divorce, 15-year-old Nate feels abandoned by his parents. Stealing a kayak, he sets off to some sparsely populated islands off the coast of Vancouver to get away from his life.
When he gets there, however, he meets some real runaways who make him feel like a fraud. Fighting to survive, find food, and to have shelter, he and the runaways team together to beat the odds.
Things aren't as hunky-dory as the group would hope, though. When...more
Personally, this book drove me to boredom. It took me over two weeks to read the 165 pages. If i had thought of getting a sample, i definately would never have bought this book. The first chapter is full of unnecessary cussing, which is also one reason i dont care for the book. And SPOILER ALERT, i guess, but the girl is not goth.
Liked this book. It could have had a little more action, but it was a nice quick read. I especially appreciated it after having just finished The Passage which took me forever to get through.
Suprisingly bland for what I pegged to be an action packed, great for teen guys read. It is, however, the first of a new series, so...Maybe the author is an ardent advocate of the lengthy introduction? We'll c.
Nate has had it with his parents. They don't even seem to notice that he's miserable, they are so caught up in their own lives. So he decides a solo kayak trip is just what he needs. Only he doesn't count on a some other runaways, a goth girl and some drug smugglers interrupting his vacation.
This was a great adventure story and although at first I thought it had too much detail, in the end I decided I really enjoyed it. I would read others in the series....more
This was a great adventure story and although at first I thought it had too much detail, in the end I decided I really enjoyed it. I would read others in the series....more
Exciting on the edge of your seat...fun, fun, fun, Molly
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My Y.A. novel RUNAWAY STORM hit bookstores January 2010. I have two more Y.A. novels close to publication: ZAPPED and RUNAWAY FIRE, along with two picture books NO MORE MISCHIEF and CRAZY CRUSTACEANS, due later this year. I have also sold to the Kids Reading Room/L.A Times and have worked as a freelance writer for both newspapers and advertising agencies. I have been critiquing and working with wr...more
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