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Mysteries in Our National Parks #12
Buried Alive
This latest thriller takes the Landons to Alaska, where wildlife biologist Olivia and her photographer husband, Steven, have been asked to study the impact of snowmobiles on the wolverine population of Denali National Park. With the family is 13-year-old Nicky Milano. When a man in a Park Service uniform offers to take Jack, Ashley, and Nicky on a dogsled ride, the kids eagerly accept. They mush off across the snow, riding deeper and deeper into the frozen wilderness. But during a rest stop, the man suddenly rushes off, leaving the young people stranded. As they huddle to keep warm and try to figure out what to do, they hear a deafening roar. Avalanche! Now the kids must fight for their lives. Can they somehow escape the thundering mass of snow? Or will they be buried alive?
160 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2003
About the author
Gloria Skurzynski
79 books30 followers"May you live in interesting times."
That ambiguous wish was not meant to be kind, because interesting times can be difficult. You and I certainly live in interesting times - dangerous, challenging, and fascinating.
My parents were born just before the start of the twentieth century; my youngest grandchild arrived in this century's final decade. The years in between have been the most dynamic in the history of the human race. Technical knowledge has exploded; so has the Earth's human population. We can create almost anything, yet each day we lose parts of our planet that can never be replaced.
I'm greedy: I want to write about all of it - the history, the grief, joy, and excitement of being human in times past; the cutting-edge inventions of times almost here.
--from the author's website
Gloria Skurzynski has also co-written books with her daughter Alane Ferguson.
That ambiguous wish was not meant to be kind, because interesting times can be difficult. You and I certainly live in interesting times - dangerous, challenging, and fascinating.
My parents were born just before the start of the twentieth century; my youngest grandchild arrived in this century's final decade. The years in between have been the most dynamic in the history of the human race. Technical knowledge has exploded; so has the Earth's human population. We can create almost anything, yet each day we lose parts of our planet that can never be replaced.
I'm greedy: I want to write about all of it - the history, the grief, joy, and excitement of being human in times past; the cutting-edge inventions of times almost here.
--from the author's website
Gloria Skurzynski has also co-written books with her daughter Alane Ferguson.
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December 3, 2021
Wow...this one was quite intense! Lots of man versus the nasty frozen environment in here...or should I say kids facing the frigid environment? And they only have their own knowledge to depend on too. No adult is going to come and give them the answers. Do you think you could do it? I certainly have doubts if I could. But this was a fantastic tale of survival and using your wits (plus making some serious mistakes too - as no one is perfect)...
So this is the fourth book I have read in this series now and I feel I am beginning to understand Jack better. I think his problem is trusting other people, especially other boys. He also feels a very strong urge to protect his younger sister too. And I suppose there can be good and bad parts about that. But it can be hard to trust strange people who are suddenly pushed into your family and that is especially true of Nicky in this book. Why? Because Nicky only gives cryptic answers and really won't share any information about himself... Can you really trust somebody in that situation?
This story is about the three kids getting caught in an avalanche and what happens. Its tense and I think it actually has some brilliance in it too. Like that bit about the spit and gravity! Brilliant! I never would have thought of that! It's probably a good thing to know if you are ever in such an area where an avalanche could happen...
The end did catch me by surprise. My guess was way off. But I do enjoy guessing.
One thing I don't understand is why the famous mountain has two names? I had no idea it did until I read it in this book. So Mount Mckinley is also called Denali by the locals? I wonder why...?Ah...the map at the front of the book explains it! It was renamed in 1980 when the park had been enlarged. Apparently Denali means "high one" in the language of the Athapascan people.
Great fast read and very entertaining too!
So this is the fourth book I have read in this series now and I feel I am beginning to understand Jack better. I think his problem is trusting other people, especially other boys. He also feels a very strong urge to protect his younger sister too. And I suppose there can be good and bad parts about that. But it can be hard to trust strange people who are suddenly pushed into your family and that is especially true of Nicky in this book. Why? Because Nicky only gives cryptic answers and really won't share any information about himself... Can you really trust somebody in that situation?
This story is about the three kids getting caught in an avalanche and what happens. Its tense and I think it actually has some brilliance in it too. Like that bit about the spit and gravity! Brilliant! I never would have thought of that! It's probably a good thing to know if you are ever in such an area where an avalanche could happen...
The end did catch me by surprise. My guess was way off. But I do enjoy guessing.
One thing I don't understand is why the famous mountain has two names? I had no idea it did until I read it in this book. So Mount Mckinley is also called Denali by the locals? I wonder why...?Ah...the map at the front of the book explains it! It was renamed in 1980 when the park had been enlarged. Apparently Denali means "high one" in the language of the Athapascan people.
Great fast read and very entertaining too!
February 23, 2015
this book is about three kids that are abandoned in alaska denial national park and by them walking there they heard a roar from some where and when they got to the place were they heard the roar they saw that there were avalanches.the avalanches were buried alive and the kids did not know what to do to help them out because there was a lot of snow and with the kids freezing then how would they be able to do something to help the avalanches out. the kids father left them in alaska but at the end of the story he came back for and they also got the avalanches out. but almost at the very end of the story the kids were suffering because they could not sleep well and jack had a very bad headache that he even wanted to throw up.i think that at the end of the story they were all happy that their fsther came back for them because they really suffered
May 8, 2021
These kids need therapy.
January 31, 2020
Formula mystery series set in Alaska. Good, fun read for kids who want action, adventure and mystery in a fairly short novel
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June 15, 2020OMG( oh my gosh )
I love this book. I love the adventure and narrow escapes. Would recommend this book to anyone.This is a must read!!!!!!👍
I love this book. I love the adventure and narrow escapes. Would recommend this book to anyone.This is a must read!!!!!!👍
March 3, 2023
This is a fun, suspenseful, informative series taking place in our national parks.
February 14, 2009
By: Gloria Skurzynski and Alane Ferguson
Genre: Chapter Book. Fiction, Mystery
Audience: third to sixth grade
Topic: Notational Parks, Avalanches
Theme: Stay strong and you can get through anything
Curricular Uses: Read aloud and independent reading
Reading Level:Fluent
Literary Elements: Dialogue, Symbolism, imagery
Thoughts: "Buried Alive" is the 12th book in the series. The Landon kids and Nicky Milano are in Denali National Park find themselves lost in the wilderness. Then an Avalanche comes and they have to worry about survival. Great book for kids who like the outdoors.
Genre: Chapter Book. Fiction, Mystery
Audience: third to sixth grade
Topic: Notational Parks, Avalanches
Theme: Stay strong and you can get through anything
Curricular Uses: Read aloud and independent reading
Reading Level:Fluent
Literary Elements: Dialogue, Symbolism, imagery
Thoughts: "Buried Alive" is the 12th book in the series. The Landon kids and Nicky Milano are in Denali National Park find themselves lost in the wilderness. Then an Avalanche comes and they have to worry about survival. Great book for kids who like the outdoors.
January 2, 2008
This formula mystery is part of a series set in various National Parks. Buried Alive takes place in Alaska's Denali National Park and Preserve where the Landon siblings grapple with a foster boy's mysterious past that leaves them stranded in the aftermath of an avalanche. The targeted audience is the intermediate grades. Scouts working on survival skills might enjoy this book.
July 29, 2010
A good little mystery, festooned with facts about Denali National Park and the elusive wolverine. Written by a mother/daughter team, the mother a scientist, the daughter a child fiction writer. Eleven others books in the series, each about a different national park, and published by National Geographic Society.
September 25, 2011
Woke up at 4:30 a.m. on a Sunday morning and continued reading. Finished at 5:50 a.m. Out of all 13 of these National Park Mysteries for youngers, this was probably THEEE most gripping and "mysterious." Why? Well, the mob was involved for one. Witness protection program...and obviously an avalanche. Here's hoping my fifth graders will love these books!
March 27, 2009
I am afriad I am going to run out of our National Parks!
April 15, 2009
I really liked this book and I hope I will get to go to the NP
that this book is set in(Denali NP).
that this book is set in(Denali NP).
October 22, 2009
It is very interesting and it fits my reading level,so I think it is a good book
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April 16, 2015i hate this book it is super boring and confusing
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