Off the grid
By: Lesley Choyce
Series: Orca soundings; Orca soundings
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Victoria, BC, Canada
Language: eng
Number of pages: 110
ISBN-13: 9781459809260; 9781459809277; 9780606386999; 9781459809284; 9781459809291
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Rural teenagers; Fiction; Children of sick parents; Rural life
Description: Sixteen-year-old Cody was born and raised "off the grid" deep in the wilderness by idealistic parents. When his father becomes seriously ill, the family is forced to move into the city so he can get treatment. Attending high school for the first time, Cody is an oddity and has a hard time adjusting. He finds unlikely allies in DeMarco, an inner-city kid, and Ernest, a philosophical homeless man, and he begins a tentative friendship with Alexis. When he comes to DeMarco's defense in an altercation at school, Cody finds himself in trouble with the police. A second confrontation puts Cody in more trouble with the cops, and he is convinced he must escape to the family homestead or be arrested. But Cody is torn between fleeing the city or staying with his ailing father and facing whatever consequences come his way.
Notes: "RL 4.0"--Back cover.

Issued also in electronic format.