Tracker’s Canyon by Pam Withers: “Well-plotted …cinematic. …thrilling. … Easy, fast-paced adventure/mystery.”
REVIEW
Tristan enters British Columbia’s Swallow Canyon on an expedition feeling a mix of trepidation and excitement.
His father and climbing teacher, Julian, disappeared there eight months before. Since then, Tristan’s mother has sunk into depression. Her in-home caregiver has charged the …teen with retrieving some item of Julian’s for his mother to grieve over in the absence of a body. Tristan’s guide, Brigit… has another goal. …Mentally ill Brigit has gone off her medications and blames Julian for her mother’s death. Tristan is her pawn.
THE DEEPER THEY GO…
The deeper they go into the canyon, the more layers Tristan uncovers about Julian’s last trip. It seems that Julian was, with Brigit’s mother, searching for gold. Tristan is a believably grieving, dutiful son—a sympathetic character trying to untangle a complicated web. Clues and revelations are well-plotted and the setting, cinematic. Descriptions of the extreme sport of canyoneering, a combination of rock climbing, cliff diving, and caving, are thrilling. … Easy, fast-paced adventure/mystery.
(Mystery. 12-16)
Blogs Pam Withers has written on canyoneering and Tracker’s Canyon:
Tracker’s Canyon by Pam Withers: “Well-plotted …cinematic. …thrilling. … Easy, fast-paced adventure/mystery.”
REVIEW
Tristan enters British Columbia’s Swallow Canyon on an expedition feeling a mix of trepidation and excitement.
His father and climbing teacher, Julian, disappeared there eight months before. Since then, Tristan’s mother has sunk into depression. Her in-home caregiver has charged the …teen with retrieving some item of Julian’s for his mother to grieve over in the absence of a body. Tristan’s guide, Brigit… has another goal. …Mentally ill Brigit has gone off her medications and blames Julian for her mother’s death. Tristan is her pawn.
THE DEEPER THEY GO…
The deeper they go into the canyon, the more layers Tristan uncovers about Julian’s last trip. It seems that Julian was, with Brigit’s mother, searching for gold. Tristan is a believably grieving, dutiful son—a sympathetic character trying to untangle a complicated web. Clues and revelations are well-plotted and the setting, cinematic. Descriptions of the extreme sport of canyoneering, a combination of rock climbing, cliff diving, and caving, are thrilling. … Easy, fast-paced adventure/mystery.
(Mystery. 12-16)
OTHER BLOGS
Previous blogs I’ve written on canyoneering and Tracker’s Canyon:
How I wrote Tracker’s Canyon
