The fort / Gordon Korman.
The morning after Hurricane Leo rips through the town of Canaan, residents awaken to widespread destruction -- power outages, downed branches, uprooted trees, broken windows and damaged roofs. Four eighth-grade friends -- Evan, Jason, Mitchell, and CJ -- meet to explore the devastation. The tight-knit group is dismayed to find that Evan has brought along a stray -- Ricky, who is new to their town and school, and doesn't have any friends yet. Ricky is the one to find the strange trap door that's appeared in the middle of the woods -- the door to an old bomb shelter, unearthed by the hurricane. Inside, the boys find a completely intact underground lair, complete with electricity, food, and entertainment (in the form of videocassettes). The boys vow to keep the place's existence to themselves. Things soon get tense. Some bad locals keep snooping around. And what started out as a fun place to escape soon becomes a serious refuge for one of the kids who is trying to avoid an abusive home situation. In order to save the shelter, the friends must keep its secret... and in order to save themselves, they’re going to have to share their individual secrets, and build the safest place they can.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781338629149
- ISBN: 133862914X
- Physical Description: 239 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Scholastic Press, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022
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Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader MG+ 5.0 9 9 516061 |
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Subject: | Air raid shelters > Juvenile fiction. Friendship > Juvenile fiction. Secrecy > Juvenile fiction. Family violence > Juvenile fiction. |
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- 47 of 58 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
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Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library | JF KOR (Text) | 37268003141314 | AHMFL Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Bellwood-Antis Public Library | JF Kor (Text) | 310BEL00087691 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Bernville Area Community Library | J KOR (Text) | 33249023892866 | Children's Fiction | Available | - |
Bethel Tulpehocken Public Library | J KOR (Text) | 33249024494449 | Children's Fiction | Available | - |
Boyertown Community Library | J KOR (Text) | 33249024841862 | Children's Fiction | Available | - |
Cambria County Library | jF Kor (Text) | 85131001822247 | CACM Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Collinsville Community Library | Kids KOR Fiction (Text) | 34259000553851 | Childrens Area | Available | - |
Degenstein Community Library | JF KORMAN (Text) | 35031301238250 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Dillsburg Area Public Library | Kids KOR Fiction (Text) | 34001001418902 | Childrens Area | Available | - |
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Summary:
The morning after Hurricane Leo rips through the town of Canaan, residents awaken to widespread destruction -- power outages, downed branches, uprooted trees, broken windows and damaged roofs. Four eighth-grade friends -- Evan, Jason, Mitchell, and CJ -- meet to explore the devastation. The tight-knit group is dismayed to find that Evan has brought along a stray -- Ricky, who is new to their town and school, and doesn't have any friends yet. Ricky is the one to find the strange trap door that's appeared in the middle of the woods -- the door to an old bomb shelter, unearthed by the hurricane. Inside, the boys find a completely intact underground lair, complete with electricity, food, and entertainment (in the form of videocassettes). The boys vow to keep the place's existence to themselves. Things soon get tense. Some bad locals keep snooping around. And what started out as a fun place to escape soon becomes a serious refuge for one of the kids who is trying to avoid an abusive home situation. In order to save the shelter, the friends must keep its secret... and in order to save themselves, they’re going to have to share their individual secrets, and build the safest place they can.