Benton's Books

I just got the art for my book "Alive and Alone" from aritst K.O. Haberstroh and as usual, I am impressed with her work.  Alive and Alone is the tale of fourteen year old David Wade.

On a remote fly-in hunting trip David Wade’s father crashes his small plane in remote mountains of Alaska, with only the two of them onboard. Within twenty-four hours his father is dead of his injuries and David is left to survive on his own.  While he was born in Alaska and had grown up camping, fishing, hiking, and hunting, did he have enough knowledge to stay alive in the harsh environment until rescued?   For years he’d gone on hunting trips to help around the campsite as the older boys and men hunted, so he knew a little about the wilderness camping—only could he survive! He was now alone, facing a survival situation in the brutal mountains, with it snowing and the temperature minus twenty.  Catching his shelter on fire and destroying most of his survival gear, the young boy almost gives up in frustration.  Then, hearing a rescue aircraft searching for him in the thick gray clouds overhead, his will to survive is reinforced.  Fourteen year old David Wade prays to stay alive long enough for the weather to break so rescuers can reach him.

I don't have a publisher for it yet and I've not even finished it, but I am very close.  I expect to have it done by the end of the month and then I'll submit it to my publisher for consideration.  It is a young adult book and I think it's pretty exciting.