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Park Survival: Lost in Alaska — Content Guide for Parents

By Starbard, VeraScholastic Inc.ISBN 9798225003227224 pages
Park Survival: Lost in Alaska

Found in this book

  • Scary contentSupporting
  • Race & cultureCentral

Not found

  • Violence
  • Religion
  • Climate
  • Sexual content
  • Gender roles

Couldn't confirm

  • Profanity
  • Gender & orientation
  • Profanity: The sources do not say whether the book contains swear words, and no full-text word search was available.
  • Gender & orientation: The sources we found describe the plot only in part and do not mention LGBTQ+ characters or relationships either way.

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Religion

PRESENT

Contains references to prayer and church attendance. A minister character plays a supporting role in two chapters.

About this book

Backcountry meets Megan E. Freeman's Alone in this survival/adventure middle grade about a boy who must rediscover his Indigenous culture while adventuring in Glacier Bay National Park with a team of loyal dogs. Emmett wants nothing more than to just stay in one place -- finish school with the same friends, live in the same house, sleep in the same bed. His mother's work means that they're always moving around. But this time is different. This time, she's promised not to move them anymore. But when she gets a once-in-a-lifetime job working as a Tlingit clan-house caretaker in Glacier Bay National Park, Emmett is forced to leave his familiar home (again) and enter a whole new world, a world full of trees, breathtaking mountains, snow bluffs, and giant lakes -- lots of pups! He doesn't know much about his mother's small hometown of Hoonah, Alaska, or about the Tlingit culture she was born into. And when they arrive, he meets Kaasteen, a cousin he's never known and who seems to have infinitely more knowledge about their culture than he does. She's lived in Alaska all her life, and her family has lived beside Glacier Bay National Park for generations. She talks to animals, has way more dogs than Emmett cares to count, and even speaks a language that he doesn't understand. Could she be any more annoying? Emmett would love to go back to his old friends and old home, and he's happy to let Kaasteen hear about it. But when the two get into an argument that leads to Kaasteen getting lost in the park, Emmett will have to utilize the skills he's learned from his family to save her. Will they be enough?

Frequently asked questions

  • Is Park Survival: Lost in Alaska appropriate for a 7-year-old?

    Emmett has a couple of scary run-ins with animals, and a later part of the story has his cousin lost in the park and Emmett searching for her. The story is built around Emmett, a Tlingit boy, learning about his Indigenous family, culture and history, including the park's past exclusion of Tlingit input.

  • Does Park Survival: Lost in Alaska have violence?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Park Survival: Lost in Alaska have scary content?

    Found (Supporting): Emmett has a couple of scary run-ins with animals, and a later part of the story has his cousin lost in the park and Emmett searching for her.

  • Does Park Survival: Lost in Alaska have religion?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Park Survival: Lost in Alaska have race & culture?

    Found (Central): The story is built around Emmett, a Tlingit boy, learning about his Indigenous family, culture and history, including the park's past exclusion of Tlingit input.

  • Does Park Survival: Lost in Alaska have profanity?

    Couldn't confirm: The sources do not say whether the book contains swear words, and no full-text word search was available.

  • Does Park Survival: Lost in Alaska have climate?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Park Survival: Lost in Alaska have sexual content?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Park Survival: Lost in Alaska have gender roles?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Park Survival: Lost in Alaska have gender & orientation?

    Couldn't confirm: The sources we found describe the plot only in part and do not mention LGBTQ+ characters or relationships either way.

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