Two for Survival: A Novel

Rating:
Summary: Good Short Survival Story
Review: This book is about the survival of six people after a plane crash. The crash
was caused by a hijacker, Will Bennett. Will hijacked the plane because he
was going to go on trial for outrunning the police. He did not want to go to
jail so he decided to hijack the plane. His plan however, backfired on him
and the plane crashed in a mountain wilderness.
The six people were, Annie, Desmond, Mr. Lusty, John, Mark, and
Marshal O'Connor. They all realized that they needed to find a way to get
help and survive in the cold and snowy area. They sent Mark and John to
go look for help. The rest stayed, Annie and Desmond looked in the remains
of the plane for food, blankets or anything else that would help them
survive. After days and miles of hiking Mark and John came across an old
cabin. They then checked it out and went back to the crash site to tell the
others they found shelter. Meanwhile, Annie and Desmond found
sandwiches and a box of hard candy, along with some blankets.
The weather was freezing and everyone was getting restless and
weaker. They ran out of food and Mark and John had to go hiking again to
find help. But things at the cabin we bad. The marshal hurt his hip, so he
mostly sat around arguing with people. Desmond was getting worse and
very sick. Annie was still injured but she always tried to find help or food.
Mr. Lusty was the father of the group. He never complained and he tried to
rationalize things.
The mountain area made things difficult for Mark and John. John
had a bad pain in his jaw and Mark had a broken ankle. But they never
gave up. The survival of these six people all depended on them.

Rating:
Summary: two for survival review
Review: This book is about the survival of six people after a plane crash. The crash
was caused by a hijacker, Will Bennett. Will hijacked the plane because he
was going to go on trial for outrunning the police. He did not want to go to
jail so he decided to hijack the plane. His plan however, backfired on him
and the plane crashed in a mountain wilderness.
The six people were, Annie, Desmond, Mr. Lusty, John, Mark, and
Marshal O'Connor. They all realized that they needed to find a way to get
help and survive in the cold and snowy area. They sent Mark and John to
go look for help. The rest stayed, Annie and Desmond looked in the remains
of the plane for food, blankets or anything else that would help them
survive. After days and miles of hiking Mark and John came across an old
cabin. They then checked it out and went back to the crash site to tell the
others they found shelter. Meanwhile, Annie and Desmond found
sandwiches and a box of hard candy, along with some blankets.
The weather was freezing and everyone was getting restless and
weaker. They ran out of food and Mark and John had to go hiking again to
find help. But things at the cabin we bad. The marshal hurt his hip, so he
mostly sat around arguing with people. Desmond was getting worse and
very sick. Annie was still injured but she always tried to find help or food.
Mr. Lusty was the father of the group. He never complained and he tried to
rationalize things.
The mountain area made things difficult for Mark and John. John
had a bad pain in his jaw and Mark had a broken ankle. But they never
gave up. The survival of these six people all depended on them.

Rating:
Summary: Good Short Survival Story
Review: This book is very short and to the point and can be read easily in an afternoon by an average reader.

The plot is nothing to brag about but it is basic and holds together well enough. Basically it boils down to this: Following a botched hijack attempt by a common criminal, a plane crashes in the Canadian wilderness. Only a handful of people survive and of these people only two teenage boys - one black and one white - are fit enough to travel. So the two boys set off to find help while the rest stay behind and fend for themselves. Both groups have to deal successfully with the mental and physical rigors of survival.

The book seems to be written with a younger readers in mind but it is not childishin its approach; just clean and simple. As such would be an excellent adventure story to spark interest in reading in a young person. Even for an adult reader this little book is a good survival story well worth the dollar or so it would cost to pick up a copy in a second hand bookstore.