{"product_id":"the-wild-inside-a-novel-isbn-9780062791528","title":"The Wild Inside: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Wild Inside \u003c\/em\u003eis an unusual love story and a creepy horror novel — think of the Brontë sisters and Stephen King.\" —John Irving\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA promising talent makes her electrifying debut with this unforgettable novel, set in the Alaskan wilderness, that is a fusion of psychological thriller and coming-of-age tale in the vein of Jennifer McMahon, Chris Bohjalian, and Mary Kubica.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA natural born trapper and hunter raised in the Alaskan wilderness, Tracy Petrikoff spends her days tracking animals and running with her dogs in the remote forests surrounding her family’s home. Though she feels safe in this untamed land, Tracy still follows her late mother’s rules: Never Lose Sight of the House. Never Come Home with Dirty Hands. And, above all else, Never Make a Person Bleed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut these precautions aren’t enough to protect Tracy when a stranger attacks her in the woods and knocks her unconscious. The next day, she glimpses an eerily familiar man emerge from the tree line, gravely injured from a vicious knife wound—a wound from a hunting knife similar to the one she carries in her pocket. Was this the man who attacked her and did she almost kill him? With her memories of the events jumbled, Tracy can’t be sure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHelping her father cope with her mother’s death and prepare for the approaching Iditarod, she doesn’t have time to think about what she may have done. Then a mysterious wanderer appears, looking for a job. Tracy senses that Jesse Goodwin is hiding something, but she can’t warn her father without explaining about the attack—or why she’s kept it to herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt soon becomes clear that something dangerous is going on . . . the way Jesse has wormed his way into the family . . . the threatening face of the stranger in a crowd . . . the boot-prints she finds at the forest’s edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer family is in trouble. Will uncovering the truth protect them—or is the threat closer than Tracy suspects?\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI have always had a knack for knowing the minds of dogs. . . .\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracy Petrikoff has always loved her family’s remote Alaskan home and her parents’ business training and racing sled dogs. But ever since her mother died the year before, the family has been struggling. Tracy holds tight to the memories of her mother and the rules she was told never to break: Never lose sight of the house. Never come home with dirty hands. Never make a person bleed. . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a stranger attacks Tracy in the woods, she does not tell her father—he does not need another reason to worry. But when another wanderer emerges from the woods, looking for a job, it becomes clear that a web is drawing tightly over her family. Now Tracy must protect those she loves best, even though it could mean breaking her mother’s rules.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn electrifying debut that explores questions of loyalty and family, love and longing, \u003cem\u003eThe Wild Inside\u003c\/em\u003e introduces you to a voice and a writer you will not soon forget.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“[Jamey] Bradbury has written a lovely and intense novel about the precarious balance of life and death, what it means to be human and fragile in a hostile environment, and, perhaps, what it means to be something other than entirely human.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[Jamey] Bradbury cultivates vivid atmosphere with visceral action and a dynamic cast of characters…readers who like earthy, genre-blending, coming-of-age stories should be pleased.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Original and compelling.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnchorage Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An unusual love story and a creepy horror novel — think of the Brontë sisters and Stephen King...The architecture of the storytelling is faultless.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Irving\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A taut, atmospheric thriller, steeped in the rich setting of the Alaskan wilderness, told in the unique, compelling voice of 18-year-old Tracy. Jamey Bradbury has crafted a stunning debut full of secrets and hunger, grief and longing. Like the cold of an Alaskan winter, this book chilled me and wrapped me in quiet dread.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJennifer McMahon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A taut, atmospheric thriller...Jamey Bradbury has crafted a stunning debut full of secrets and hunger, grief and longing.  Like the cold of an Alaskan winter, this book chilled me and wrapped me in quiet dread.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJennifer McMahon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Half Daniel Woodrell and half Jack London, \u003cem\u003eThe Wild Inside \u003c\/em\u003eis a uniquely American coming-of-age tale set on the Alaskan frontier where the borderlines between civilization and savagery, between man and beast, between good and evil, between who we like to think we are and who we actually are, become blurred.  Written with a lush, poetic grittiness, the story takes an unflinching look at the brutalities of one young woman’s personal demons--the way she tries to suppress them and, sometimes, the way she sets them free. What Bradbury has created is a remarkable fable of growing up in the new world--violent and sensitive at the same time--and dazzlingly written throughout.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoshua Gaylord, author of When We Were Animals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A uniquely American coming-of-age tale set on the Alaskan frontier where the borderlines between civilization and savagery...become blurred...A remarkable fable of growing up in the new world.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoshua Gaylord, author of When We Were Animals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A unique take on rural noir.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow Large Print","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888486805733,"sku":"NP9780062791528","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062791528.jpg?v=1730229194","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-wild-inside-a-novel-isbn-9780062791528","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}