CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK
Survive by Alex Morel is published in paperback by Egmont, priced £6.99. Available now.
Teenager Jane Solis is suicidal and has planned for six months how she will kill herself.
She will comply with doctors in the institute in which she is being treated, so will earn enough trust to be allowed home for Christmas. But she'll never get home as she will take a concoction of pills on the plane and die mid-air.
However, as she tries to take the tablets in a toilet, the jet crashes in snowy mountains and she is one of only two survivors, alongside surfer Paul Hart.
Now it is a fight to live - and for the first time in years she wants to take on the challenge.
New Jersey author Alex Morel's debut novel of a journey to recovery is believable and heartbreaking.
Teenagers will relate to likeable Jane's fears and anxieties and will be eagerly cheering every step she takes with her new friend Paul.
8/10
(Review by Caroline Davison)
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