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Winter Study by Nevada Barr (2008, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100399154582
ISBN-139780399154584
eBay Product ID (ePID)127413737
Product Key Features
Book TitleWinter Study
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMystery & Detective / General
Publication Year2008
GenreFiction
AuthorNevada Barr
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight20.4 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Grade ToUP
SynopsisAnna Pigeon returnsain the remarkable new novel from the "New York Times"abestselling writer. It is January, and Park Ranger Anna Pigeon is sent to Isle Royale in Lake Superior to learn about managing and understanding wolves, as her home base of Rocky Mountain National Park might soon have their own pack of the magnificent, much-maligned animals. Sheas housed in the islandas bunkhouse with the famed wolf study team, along with two scientists from Homeland Security, who are assessing the study with an eye to opening the park each winteraeffectively bringing an end to the fifty-year studyaso that it can be manned to secure the scrap of border with Canada. Soon after Annaas arrival, the wolf packs under observation begin to act in peculiar ways. Giant wolf prints are found, and Anna spies the form of a great wolf from a surveillance plane. The discovery of wolf scat containing alien DNA leads the team to believe that perhaps a wolf/dog hybrid has been introduced to the island. When a female member of the team is savaged, Anna is convinced she is being stalked, and what was once a beautiful, idyllic refuge becomes a place of unnatural occurrences and danger beyond the ordinary. Alone on an island without electricity or running water, with temperatures hovering around zero both day and night, Anna fights not only for the wolves, but for also her own survival. Filled with the nail-biting suspense, richly drawn characters and gorgeous nature writing that are her hallmarks, "Winter Study" is vintage Barr, proving once again that sheas aa real writer, in every sense of the worda ("The Denver Post")., Anna Pigeon returns—in the remarkable new novel from the New York Times–bestselling writer. It is January, and Park Ranger Anna Pigeon is sent to Isle Royale in Lake Superior to learn about managing and understanding wolves, as her home base of Rocky Mountain National Park might soon have their own pack of the magnificent, much-maligned animals. She’s housed in the island’s bunkhouse with the famed wolf study team, along with two scientists from Homeland Security, who are assessing the study with an eye to opening the park each winter—effectively bringing an end to the fifty-year study—so that it can be manned to secure the scrap of border with Canada. Soon after Anna’s arrival, the wolf packs under observation begin to act in peculiar ways. Giant wolf prints are found, and Anna spies the form of a great wolf from a surveillance plane. The discovery of wolf scat containing alien DNA leads the team to believe that perhaps a wolf/dog hybrid has been introduced to the island. When a female member of the team is savaged, Anna is convinced she is being stalked, and what was once a beautiful, idyllic refuge becomes a place of unnatural occurrences and danger beyond the ordinary. Alone on an island without electricity or running water, with temperatures hovering around zero both day and night, Anna fights not only for the wolves, but for also her own survival. Filled with the nail-biting suspense, richly drawn characters and gorgeous nature writing that are her hallmarks, Winter Studyis vintage Barr, proving once again that she’s a real writer, in every sense of the word” (The Denver Post)., The bestselling author of "Hard Truth" and "Bittersweet" brings back Ranger Anna Pigeon in the 14th installment of her acclaimed mystery series.
LC Classification NumberPS3552
