The Maze (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780380729135)

Just fourteen, Rick Walder is alone, on the run, and desperate. Stowing away in the back of a truck, he suddenly finds himself at a dead end, out in the middle of nowhere. The Maze. In this surreal landscape of stark redrock spires and deep sandstone canyons, Rick stumbles into the remote camp of Lon Perigrino, a bird biologist who is realeasing fledgling California condors back into the wild. Intriqued by the endangered condors and the strange bearded man dedicated to saving them, Rick decides to stay on. When two men with a vicious dog drive up in a battered old Humvee, Rick discovers that Lon and his birds are in grave danger. Will he be able to save them? In a heart-stopping adventure infused with the spirit of the Icarus myth and a boy's dreams of flight, Will Hobbs brings readers a unique tale of identity, personal growth, and friendship.

01 Blue Spruce Award Masterlist (YA Cat.), 01 AZ Young Reader Award Masterlist (Teen Bks cat.), 00-01 Sunshine State Young Reader's Award Masterlist (Gr. 6-8), 00-01 Black-Eyed Susan Award Masterlist, 00-01 Minnesota's Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award Masterlist, 00-01 South Carolina Book Award Nomination Masterlist (Grds 6-9), 00-01 Lone Star Reading List, 00-01 Utah Book Award (Gr. 7-12), 01 Washington State Evergreen YA Book Award Masterlist, 00-01 Young Hoosier Book Award Masterlist (Gr. 6-8), and 01 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Nominee Masterlist

Author: Will Hobbs
ISBN-10: 038072913X
ISBN-13: 9780380729135
Publisher: HarperCollins
Language: English
Published: 08/01/1999
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.38lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.30w x 0.80d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5
Point Value: 7
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 28488 / Maze

Award: Sunshine State Young Reader's Award - Nominee
Award: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Ingram Paperback Advance 08/01/1999 pg. 8