Snow Bound

By Harry Mazer

At fifteen, Tony Laporte is what many people would call a throughly spoiled kid. He gets away with a lot because his parents want him to have all the things they never had. But when they surprise him by refusing to let him keep a stray dog he has found, Tony decides to teach them a lesson by running off in his mother's old Plymouth. Driving without a license in the middle of a severe snowstorm, he picks up a hitchhiker named Cindy Reichert, an aloof girl who has always had difficulty forming friendships. To impress Cindy, Tony tries to show off his driving skills and ends up wrecking the car in a very desolated area far from the main highway. After spending precious days bickering with each other and waiting for rescue that never comes, they finally realize that their lives are at stake and they must cooperate to survive. The question is--can they survive?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Release date: Dec 24, 2008
• ISBN: 9780307546890

Harry Mazer

Harry Mazer is the author of many books for young readers, including Please, Somebody Tell Me Who I Am; My Brother Abe; the Boy at War trilogy; The Wild Kid; The Dog in the Freezer; The Island Keeper; and Snow Bound. His books have won numerous honors, including a Horn Book honor and an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults citation. Along with his wife, Norma Fox Mazer, Harry received an ALAN award in 2003 for outstanding contribution to adolescent literature. He lives in Montpelier, Vermont.

Reviews for Snow Bound

[ralphlagana · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I recall reading this in 5th grade and loving it. First survival book I could recall reading and it made me wonder how I'd handle being stuck in the snow.

[andyray_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

You can almost hear the writer correcting himself throughout the writing: this is for dumb teenagers who watch television; make the feelings intense and the language monosyallabic. at least that's what it seemed to me becaquse as i read it, i thoiught: geez. this is simple and silly and kiddish. Nuff said.

[jeffj3 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

snow bound is a good book, about a boy who runs away taking his family car with him, to find a dog he loves. on his jurney he finds a hitch hiker and picks her up, to save her from the wipping winds of the snow storm. on there they ride the get

[kbright1_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I thought that it was a very rocky start, but turned out to a be a great book!