Books with author Jonathan T Stratman

Will Rollins, a greenhorn - cheechako - (chee-chock-oh) is miserable in his new Alaska life. In addition to the bully after him, he can't seem to make any friends in school and doesn't know a thing about dogsleds, riverboats, hunting, or surviving at 40 degrees below zero. When Will darts out alone onto rampaging river ice to rescue a stranded dog, his bravery wins him a valuable, trained sled dog, Blackie, and a new human friend as well, an Alaskan Indian boy named Elias. It's Elias who challenges and inspires the cheechako to become a rugged outdoorsman and a real Alaskan. Will starts out by feeding, harnessing and then driving a sled dog team. He learns to throw a hatchet - and hit what he aims at! He learns to snowshoe and stay alive in the cold, to challenge his fears, and to push on when everything he wants to do is quit. Best of all, he learns to be a good friend. But when a fierce, Siberian blizzard rampages across central Alaska, stranding Will's family, nearly burying their log cabin in wind-blown snow, it will be up to Will and Blackie to try to make it out alive. With Elias injured and Will's family in danger of freezing, can a cheechako save them? Can he save himself?

Neil Gaiman, Holly Black, Diana Peterfreund, Margo Lanagan, Peter S. Beagle, and Garth Nix are just a few of the authors who have toiled over their cauldrons and conjured up bewitching new creations inspired by and celebrating the might and mystery of the witch. Assembled by one of the most well-regarded anthologists in the science fiction/fantasy world, this rich, intelligent collection will enchant readers of all ages.

It’s 1957, with Mitch Miller on the radio and Sputnik orbiting overhead. In this fourth Father Hardy outing, Hardy and his friends brave the drifting snow and deadly Arctic chill to search for a missing local woman. Can they find her in time? What Hardy reveals to the marshal about her, will shock you. There’s a prowler on the loose. Is he a murderer? Is he a stranger or, God forbid, “one of us?” Can they catch him before he strikes again? And with the nearby Clear Station DEW Line facility a reality, scanning the skies for Soviet bombers and possible nuclear attack, can spies and saboteurs be far behind? Or are they already here? In the sub-Arctic half light of this remote Alaskan town, strange and deadly secrets and twisted passions will be revealed. In Chandalar, where everybody once knew everybody and relied on each other, who do they know now? With doors locking, shades pulling, people looking back over their shoulders, is Father Hardy, with Andy, Evie, and William, up to an international enemy? Or will they be blown away. Over at the Coffee Cup Café, with brightly-lit windows frosted, cigarette smoke gently rising, and the mooseburger sizzling, Rosie is right: It’s cookin’.

It’s 1957, with Mitch Miller on the radio and Sputnik orbiting overhead. In this fourth Father Hardy outing, Hardy and his friends brave the drifting snow and deadly Arctic chill to search for a missing local woman. Can they find her in time? What Hardy reveals to the marshal about her, will shock you. There’s a prowler on the loose. Is he a murderer? Is he a stranger or, God forbid, “one of us?” Can they catch him before he strikes again? And with the nearby Clear Station DEW Line facility a reality, scanning the skies for Soviet bombers and possible nuclear attack, can spies and saboteurs be far behind? Or are they already here? In the sub-Arctic half light of this remote Alaskan town, strange and deadly secrets and twisted passions will be revealed. In Chandalar, where everybody once knew everybody and relied on each other, who do they know now? With doors locking, shades pulling, people looking back over their shoulders, is Father Hardy, with Andy, Evie, and William, up to an international enemy? Or will they be blown away. Over at the Coffee Cup Café, with brightly-lit windows frosted, cigarette smoke gently rising, and the mooseburger sizzling, Rosie is right: It’s cookin’.

Will Rollins, a greenhorn––cheechako––(chee-chock-oh) is miserable in his new Alaska life. In addition to the bully hassling him, he can’t seem to make any friends in school and doesn’t know a thing about dogsleds, riverboats, hunting, or survival at 40 degrees below zero. Even though he doesn’t feel very brave, Will darts out alone onto rampaging-river ice to rescue a stranded dog. His bravery wins him a valuable, trained sled dog, Blackie, and a new human friend as well, a Native American boy named Elias. It’s Elias who challenges and inspires the cheechako to become a rugged outdoorsman and a real Alaskan. Will starts out by feeding, harnessing and then driving a sled dog team. He learns to throw a hatchet–and hit what he aims at! He learns to snowshoe and stay alive in the cold, to challenge his fears and to keep moving when everything he wants to do is quit. Best of all, he learns to be a good friend.But when a fierce, Siberian blizzard rampages across central Alaska, stranding Will's family, nearly burying their log cabin in wind-blown snow drifts,it will be up to Will and Blackie to try to make it out alive. With Elias injured and Will's family in danger of freezing, can a cheechako save them? Can he save himself? A thrilling read for boys or girls who love adventure.

It’s 300 grueling miles of ice, snow and danger. For Will Rollins, his best friend Elias, and Will’s savvy lead dog, Blackie, this is the race of a lifetime. But with the $1000 entry fee, can they even get in? Can the locals compete against world-class international racers? And what about Becky Silas? She’s a tough competitor. But are the boys ready for trail life with a girl? And as if the race isn’t risky enough, there’s someone deliberately sabotaging sleds and gear, endangering all. When the temperature falls, the wind rises, and danger prowls the long trail, the friend who has your back had better be a good one!

Will Rollins, a greenhorn––cheechako––(chee-chock-oh) is miserable in his new Alaska life. In addition to the bully hassling him, he can’t seem to make any friends in school and doesn’t know a thing about dogsleds, riverboats, hunting, or survival at 40 degrees below zero. Even though he doesn’t feel very brave, Will darts out alone onto rampaging-river ice to rescue a stranded dog. His bravery wins him a valuable, trained sled dog, Blackie, and a new human friend as well, a Native American boy named Elias. It’s Elias who challenges and inspires the cheechako to become a rugged outdoorsman and a real Alaskan. Will starts out by feeding, harnessing and then driving a sled dog team. He learns to throw a hatchet–and hit what he aims at! He learns to snowshoe and stay alive in the cold, to challenge his fears and to keep moving when everything he wants to do is quit. Best of all, he learns to be a good friend.But when a fierce, Siberian blizzard rampages across central Alaska, stranding Will's family, nearly burying their log cabin in wind-blown snow drifts,it will be up to Will and Blackie to try to make it out alive. With Elias injured and Will's family in danger of freezing, can a cheechako save them? Can he save himself? A thrilling read for boys or girls who love adventure.

Cheechako Series, Book 2. Southeast Alaska is a new world of islands, float planes and adventure for Will, Elias and Will’s dog, Blackie.They’re the new float monkeys—dock boys—at Spruce Cove Air who do all the loading, unloading and grunt work. So the boys need to adapt to life on the water and in the air—in a hurry! What’s up with their fellow float monkey, redheaded, scrappy Ricky? What is Ricky not telling? And pilot Wild Wyatt? Can they survive him? Beneath the fun of a summer job at an island logging camp, with float planes and new friends, real danger lurks.Is the friendship that saved Will and Elias in a terrible blizzard, strong enough to survive a summer in the sun and someone new? Because when things go wrong, you don’t have much time to figure out who your friends are.

Mars! The Red Planet! For generations, people have wondered what it would be like to travel to and live there. That curiosity has inspired some of the most durable science fiction, including Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles and the work of Isaac Asimov. Now the award-winning anthologist Jonathan Strahan has brought together thirteen original stories to explore the possibilities. After reading Life on Mars, readers will never look at the fourth planet from the sun the same way again.

The highly-anticipated final volume of the critically-acclaimed science fiction anthology seriesLife in space is hard, lonely and the only person you can rely on is yourself. Whether you’re living deep in the gravity well of humanity’s watery home, mucking out air vents in a city floating high in the clouds of Jupiter, or re-checking the filtration system on some isolated space station, life is hard and demanding, and life is small. The stories of Infinity’s End are set in those empty spaces, in futures where planets have been disassembled and reused for parts, or terraformed and settled; where civilisations have risen and fallen; where far future people make their lives anywhere from colonies hanging in the clouds of Neptune or Venus to the repurposed cores of distant asteroids; on worldlets and asteroids, inside Saturn’s rings or distant spheres and wheels, on-board ships trucking from home to home, and port to port. They're set in a future that's lived in. And they make it clear that even if we never leave the Solar System, there's life enough and room enough to live out all of science fiction's dreams. Infinity’s End is the future. The stories you’ll find here are the stories of your life.

It's Christmas Eve, 1968. In the old, dark hulk of a southeast Alaska Cannery, fourteen-year-old Gabrielle faces the worst Christmas of her life. She and her mother have moved here for only one reason ... because it's cheap. Now she has to get along with her old, cranky great grandfather, while still mourning her pilot father, missing these three years in Vietnam. At midnight, when she hears the ailing aircraft in the ice fog, can she summon the courage to go out with a light? She can be pretty sure it's not Santa.

Southeast Alaska is a new world of islands, float planes and adventure for Will, Elias and Will’s dog, Blackie.They’re the new float monkeys—dock boys—at Spruce Cove Air who do all the loading, unloading and grunt work. So the boys need to adapt to life on the water and in the air—in a hurry! What’s up with their fellow float monkey, redheaded, scrappy Ricky? What is Ricky not telling? And pilot Wild Wyatt? Can they survive him? Beneath the fun of a summer job at an island logging camp, with float planes and new friends, real danger lurks.Is the friendship that saved Will and Elias in a terrible blizzard, strong enough to survive a summer in the sun and someone new? Because when things go wrong, you don’t have much time to figure out who your friends are.