Andreo's Race
  • Published: 15 April 2015
  • ISBN: 9781770497665
  • Imprint: Tundra Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $26.99

Andreo's Race

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A riveting adventure story about two teens who return to their native Bolivia to compete in a four-sport, international race. All is well until they start to suspect that their adoption might not have been legal.

Just as sixteen-year-old Andreo, skilled in death-defying ironman events in wilderness regions, is about to compete in rugged Bolivia, he and his friend Raul (another Bolivian adoptee) begin to suspect that their adoptive parents have unwittingly acquired them illegally. Plotting to use the upcoming race to pursue the truth, they veer on an epic journey to locate Andreo's birth parents, only to find themselves hazardously entangled with a gang of baby traffickers. Never suspecting that attempting to bring down the ring would endanger their very lives, the boys plunge ahead. Compelling, poignant, and heart-stopping, Andreo's Race takes readers on a perilous quest to discover the true meaning of family.
  • Published: 15 April 2015
  • ISBN: 9781770497665
  • Imprint: Tundra Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $26.99
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About the author

Pam Withers

Pam Withers is the author of fifteen bestselling outdoor-adventure novels for teens, several nominated for awards. A former whitewater kayak instructor and raft guide, she spent twenty years as a journalist and editor. She speaks extensively across North America and is co-founder of KeenReaders.com. She has one son and lives in Vancouver, BC with her husband, a university professor.

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Praise for Andreo's Race

PRAISE FOR First Descent by Pam Withers:

"Withers, who has built her reputation as a writer of YA sports adventures, gets things moving ... and when the action starts to flow, the ride is fast and furious." -- Quill & Quire

"From the first page ... Withers flings the reader from one perilous adventure to another...." -- Booklist

"Reluctant readers will especially enjoy the adventure...." -- School Library Journal

AWARDS FOR First Descent by Pam Withers:

  • Silver Winner, ForeWord Reviews' Book of the Year Award
  • Silver Winner, Nautilus Book & Audio Book Awards
  • Honourable Mention, OLA Best Bets List of Top Ten Canadian Children's Book in Young Adult Fiction
  • Finalist, OLA's Red Maple Award - Fiction
  • Junior Library Guild Selection
  • Selected, The Canadian Children's Book Centre's Best Books for Kids & Teens
  • Selected, Resource Links' The Year's Best list