{"product_id":"9781466872165","title":"The Trap","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gripping wilderness adventure and survival story\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt was getting colder. Johnny pulled the fur-lined hood of his parka over his head and walked towards his own cabin with the sound of snow crunching beneath his boots.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"He should be back tomorrow,\" he thought, as a star raced across the sky just below the North Star. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"He should be back tomorrow for sure.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeventeen-year-old Johnny Least-Weasel knows that his grandfather Albert is a stubborn old man and won't stop checking his own traplines even though other men his age stopped doing so years ago. But Albert Least-Weasel has been running traplines in the Alaskan wilderness alone for the past sixty years. Nothing has ever gone wrong on the trail he knows so well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Albert doesn't come back from checking his traps, with the temperature steadily plummeting, Johnny must decide quickly whether to trust his grandfather or his own instincts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in alternating chapters that relate the parallel stories of Johnny and his grandfather, John Smelcer's \u003ci\u003eThe Trap\u003c\/i\u003e poignantly addresses the hardships of life in the far north, suggesting that the most dangerous traps need not be made of steel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Holt, Henry \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47129842057456,"sku":"9781466872165","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781466872165_p0.jpg?v=1769891986","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466872165","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}