by Tim Wynne-Jones · Usborne Publishing Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780746068410
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«The Survival Game» is Tim Wynne-Jones's young adult adventure novel, published by Usborne Publishing Ltd in paperback (304 pages, in English).
Burl, tired of his father's abuse, runs away from home with a knife and a fishing lure. Pursued by his father, he ventures into the frozen Canadian wilderness and thinks he has found a hiding place at Ghost Lake. But his father tracks him down and forces him to face a life-threatening situation again. A story of survival and courage.
The work was originally published in 1995 as «The Maestro» and won the Governor General's Literary Award.
Aimed at young readers aged 11 and up interested in adventure and stories of overcoming adversity.
Tim Wynne-Jones, is an English–Canadian author of children's literature, including picture books and novels for children and young adults, novels for adults, radio dramas, songs for the CBC/Jim Henson production Fraggle Rock, as well as a children's musical and an opera libretto.
