

Polaris
Author: Michael Northrop
Narrator: Michael Northrop
Unabridged: 8 hr 34 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Scholastic Audio Books
Published: 10/31/2017
Categories: Children's Fiction, Historical Stories, Fantasy Stories
Author: Michael Northrop
Narrator: Michael Northrop
Unabridged: 8 hr 34 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Scholastic Audio Books
Published: 10/31/2017
Categories: Children's Fiction, Historical Stories, Fantasy Stories
Michael Northrop is the New York Times bestselling author of the middle-grade adventure series TombQuest and other books for kids and teens. His first young adult novel, Gentlemen, earned him a Publishers Weekly Flying Start citation, and his second, Trapped, was an Indie Next List selection. His first middle-grade novel, Plunked, was named one of the best children's books of the year by the New York Public Library and was selected for NPR's Backseat Book Club. He is originally from Salisbury, Connecticut, a small town in the foothills of the Berkshire mountains, where he mastered the arts of BB gun shooting, tree climbing, and field goal kicking with only moderate injuries. After graduating from NYU, he worked at Sports Illustrated Kids magazine for twelve years, the last five of those as baseball editor.
In Polaris by Michael Northrop: The ship Polaris was sailing to the amazons and was just returning when a mutiny started and all the adults were killed. so the 6 other boys left on the ship had to try to survive.......more
Thank you @kidlitexchange for providing me with a copy of this book to read and review. All opinions are my own. This new middle grade book is full of adventure, curiosity, suspense, mystery and horror. It follows the crew aboard the Polaris who have set off for a scientific exploration in the Amazon......more
Polaris takes place entirely on board the Polaris, a ship anchored off the coast of South America during an 1830s scientific expedition. The abandoned teenage characters are the key players in the book; the adults who went ashore to explore the Amazon rainforest are written into the storyline only f......more
Just felt like it took too long to get going. Wanted to skip parts to get to the middle where it picked up. Some of my readers might read far enough to get there. Maybe it was just me, but felt like multiple narrators/POV in stream of text was confusing at first. It seemed like it was from Owen's PO......more
Praise for Surrounded by Sharks:
"This story strikes a balance of suspense and action... For reluctant readers and fans
of survival stories." -- School Library Journal
Praise for TombQuest:
"The plot moves quickly and will appeal to reluctant readers looking for adventure
[and] danger." -- School Library Journal
Praise for Trapped:
"Northrop gets at the core of human nature through masterful pacing... Gripping." -- Kirkus Reviews