Books like Wilderness by Roddy Doyle
Grainne, an Irish teenager, anxiously anticipates a reunion with her mother who abandoned the family years earlier. Alongside her half‑brothers, the family embarks on a dogsledding adventure in the Finnish wilderness.
First publish date: 2007
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Roddy Doyle
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[Barrytown Trilogy](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL762601W)
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