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    Survival Strategies of the Almost Brave

    By Jen White

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    Survival Strategy #50: If You Can, Be Brave

    It's easy to be brave when your eight-year-old sister, Billie, looks up to you as her protector. Twelve-year-old Liberty feels it's her job to look after Billie once they are sent to live with their father, whom they haven't seen since they were very young. Dad is unpredictable on his best days, but when he abandons the girls at a gas station in the middle of nowhere, Liberty's courage is truly put to the test.

    As she and Billie struggle to make it home on their own, they encounter a cast of both helpful and not-so-helpful characters, including a man with caterpillar eyebrows, a lady dressed entirely in lavender, a tattooed trucker with a soft spot for cats, a kid who is a little too obsessed with Star Wars, and a woman who lives with a houseful of nontraditional pets. Along the way, they learn that sometimes you have to get a little bit lost to be found.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateJun 9, 2015
    ISBN9780374300852
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    Survival Strategies of the Almost Brave
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    Jen White

    Jen White is the author of Survival Strategies of the Almost Brave. She holds an M.F.A. in writing for children and young adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She lives in San Clemente, California, with her family.

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    • 4/5
      After their mother dies, Liberty and her little sister are reunited with their father, who left them when Liberty was a preschooler. When he abandons them at a truck stop in the middle of the desert, Liberty knows that it's up to her to take care of her sister and get the two of them to safety. Liberty loves to learn about the ways animals adapt in order to survive. Maybe she will find some survival strategies of her own.This is a good, solid read. The two sisters are believable characters and the setting is also strong. The episodic plot is fast-paced. Readers who enjoy books like Homecoming and Waiting for Normal should take a look at this one.
    • 3/5
      After their mother dies, Liberty and Billie are to be cared for by their father who they have not seen in four years. He is a photographer, and they are spending the summer in his camper as his photographs National Parks. One day, angry at them, he drives off, leaving them behind at a gas station.