LIBRARY JOURNAL, Starred Review, 1/15: “The concerns of the young narrator—being good, remaining brave when her parents and her teddy bear are now gone, how annoying her brother is—are an engaging, focused lens through which to view events in the novel…This is a fast, compelling read for nature lovers.”

BOOKLIST, 12/15: “A sort of youngster stream of consciousness.…There’s touchingly voiced courageousness here.…From the conception to the execution, the book is an exploration of anguish from a child’s point of view.”

KIRKUS, 11/15: “Any contemporary writer depicting extreme events through the eyes of a child must contend with the formidable precedent of Emma Donoghue’s Room (2010), and Cameron bears the comparison.…She crafts a more straight-forward adventure with a narration that nicely captures an ordinary child’s way of thinking—and of blocking out unwelcome knowledge. In the slam-bang opening, Anna Whyte wakes in the tent she shares with her two-year-old brother, Stick, to hear their mother yelling.…Harrowing but ultimately hopeful.”

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (Pick of the Week), 10/28: “A vividly portrayed wilderness ordeal (poison ivy, hunger, rain, isolation) juxtaposed with glimpses of the inner resources young Anna draws upon (imagination, family, memory, hope), all seen through the eyes of a child.”