{"product_id":"never-say-die-9780061708800","title":"Never Say Die","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this fast-paced adventure story set in the Canadian arctic, fifteen-year-old Inuit hunter Nick Thrasher comes face-to-face with a fearsome creature on a routine caribou hunt gone wrong. Part grizzly, part polar bear, this environmental mutant has been pegged the \"grolar bear\" by wildlife experts. Nick may have escaped this time, but it won't be his last encounter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen Nick's estranged half-brother, Ryan, offers to take him on a rafting trip down a remote part of the Firth River. But when disaster strikes, the two narrowly evade death. They're left stranded without supplies--and then the grolar bear appears. Will Hobbs brings his singular style to this suspenseful story about two brothers fighting for survival against the unpredictable--and sometimes deadly--whims of nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHobbs, Will:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eWill Hobbs is the award-winning author of nineteen novels, including \u003cem\u003eFar North\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCrossing the Wire\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eTake Me to the River\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNever Say Die\u003c\/em\u003e began with the author's eleven-day raft trip in 2003 down the Firth River on the north slope of Canada's Yukon Territory. Ever since, Will has been closely following what scientists and Native hunters are reporting about climate change in the Arctic. When the first grolar bear turned up in the Canadian Arctic, he began to imagine one in a story set on the Firth River.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA graduate of Stanford University, Will lives with his wife, Jean, in Durango, Colorado.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51175932297490,"sku":"9780061708800","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4557f161-4c40-48c6-921c-52ee0aa643df.jpg?v=1744295794","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/never-say-die-9780061708800","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}