Sole Survivor
- Author Brendan Kiely
- Narrator Patrick Mealey
- Publisher Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date 28 October 2025
- Run Time 4 hours and 16 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage general interest: Adventurers and outlaws, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Families and family members.
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What to expect
Eleven-year-old Norman Ollestad is no stranger to extreme situations. Whether it's surfing big swells off Topanga Beach or skiing in a blizzard, he has braved one adrenaline-rush adventure after another, pushed by his thrill-seeking father to realize that "anything's possible." And with Dad by his side, sometimes Norman believes him.
That motto is put to the ultimate test when the small plane Norman and his dad are aboard is engulfed by a snowstorm and crashes in the San Gabriel Mountains―with deadly consequences. Struggling in and out of lucidity, haunted by the voices and memories from difficult moments in his past, Norman must decide what to do while trapped eight thousand feet above sea level, facing dangers unlike any he has encountered before.
Inspired by the harrowing true childhood experience of author Norman Ollestad, this astonishing, action-packed story, co-written with Brendan Kiely, is about fear, survival, and the complicated forces―and people―that shape us. Fast-paced and unputdownable, Sole Survivor is perfect for fans of Dusti Bowling's The Canyon’s Edge, Megan E. Freeman's Alone, and the I Survived series.
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