Project Description

Hogsty Reef
by John Dowd
Price: $5.95
ISBN: 978-1-56145-187-6
Publication Date: 4/1/1999
Page Count: 187
Size: 5 ̎ x 7-1/8 ̎
Age Range: 11 – 15
Language: English
GRL: X, Gr 6
Lexile: 970L
Themes: Adventure, Conservation, Survival, Travel, Nature
BISAC 1: YAF001020 YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories
BISAC 2: YAF043010 YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Nature & the Natural World / Environment
BISAC 3: YAF029000 YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Law & Crime
Reviews
“This interesting, well-written story becomes exciting with elements of adventure and suspense… Readers who enjoyed Theodore Taylor’s The Cay will like this contemporary island tale.” ―VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates)
“Jim has the adventure of his life when he becomes stranded with a young Haitian refugee on Hogsty Reef, a small island. Unfortunately for the boys the island has other visitors, who are engaged in an illegal drug trade. This story has many facets to it: danger, adventure, family issues, relationships, ecological concerns, political problems, survival, drug wars, and governmental concerns. It will appeal to young readers of both sexes.” ―Kliatt
“There is lots of action, an exotic location, and the thrill of underlying danger. Young adults will enjoy Jim’s hair raising adventures and learn quite a lot about reefs.” ―Bookselling This Week
Awards
ABA Pick of the Lists ―American Booksellers Association, 1999
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Meet the Author
John Dowd is a true adventurer, as well as a writer and photojournalist. He has worked as a seaman on a Danish freighter out of Libya; taught at New Zealand’s Anakiwa Outward Bound School; paddled from Punta Arenas to Puerto Montt in Chile on assignment for National Geographic; and established himself in the Guinness Book of World Records by leading a 3600 kilometer kayak expedition from Venezuela to Miami along the Caribbean island chain. He is the author of Hogsty Reef and Rare and Endangered. He lives in Canada.