But their adventure is only just beginning. As Jack and Early travel deeper into the mountains, they meet peculiar and dangerous characters, and they make some shocking discoveries. Jack, feeling lonely and out of place, connects with Early, and the two become friends.ĭuring a break from school, the boys set out for the Appalachian Trail on a quest for a great black bear. Early keeps to himself, reads the number pi as a story, and refuses to accept truths others take for granted. Certainly not Early Auden, the strangest of boys. When Jack Baker’s father sends him from his home in Kansas to attend a boys’ boarding school in Maine, Jack doesn’t know what to expect. There, Jack encounters Early Auden, the strangest of boys, who reads the number pi as a story and collects clippings about the sightings of. “Reminiscent of Huckleberry Finn.” - The Wall Street Journalįrom the author of Newbery Medal winner Moon Over Manifest comes the odyssey-like adventure of two boys’ incredible quest on the Appalachian Trail. At the end of World War II, Jack Baker, a landlocked Kansas boy, is suddenly uprooted after his mothers death and placed in a boys boarding school in Maine. Publication date 2013 Topics Boarding schools - Juvenile fiction, Schools - Juvenile fiction, Eccentrics and eccentricities - Juvenile fiction, Adventure stories - Juvenile fiction, Adventure and adventurers - Fiction, Boarding schools - Fiction, Schools - Fiction, Eccentrics and. Meet-the-Author Recording with Clare Vanderpool about Navigating Early. Navigating Early by Vanderpool, Clare, author. Text Complexity Lexile Level: 790L ATOS Reading Level: 5.2.

Synopsis: “Just the sort of book that saves lives by igniting a passion for reading.” -James Patterson Name Pronunciation with Clare Vanderpool Grade 4-8 Genre Adventure Realistic Fiction Year Published 2013.

Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool