Out of Range is a heartfelt survival middle grade book about sisterhood, tween angst, and identity. Starring three sisters between the ages of 9 and 13, this story will work for various ages and appeal to kids with diverse interests. If you enjoy books set in summer camps or stories about kids adjusting to a move, this would be a great selection! It’s also a 2022 Summer Reading Guide pick!

I can't say as I especially enjoyed this one. It's very expected. While I feel like Lang really captured the sister dynamic, I didn't especially like reading this. I found the writing a bit repetative.

I really enjoyed this book! It was a great read and I liked how we got chapters from both before and now, as well as after in the end. I totally recommend it to you!

This was a great Middle Grade novel that I really enjoyed reading! Overall, I would definitely recommend it!

I received an e-ARC from the publisher.

I adored this book by Heidi Lang. The three sisters, Abby, Emma, and Ollie, were best friends and now they're SO not. Unfortunately, they're also VERY lost in the woods. All three sisters had very different voices, while still sounding natural, and it was fascinating watching both stories unfold: the one of the sisters struggling to make it through their adventure and the one of how they came to be so fractured in the first place.

I will be watching closely for the next thing that Heidi Lang does!

Nothing has been the same among three sisters: Ollie, Emma and Abbey, since the move from northern California. And at first it seems like their parents’ solution: to ship them off to Camp Unplugged, isn’t going to change that. But then, on a hike the girls make one more bad decision, take one more wrong turn, say one more unforgivable thing and suddenly it’s not an issue of sibling bonding, it’s an issue of survival. The structure of the book is complex – divided into three acts, with chapters that shift among the three girl’s perspectives and alternate between before and now. Skillful writing ensures the reader’s attention remains engaged: a chapter will end with twelve-year old Emma in the present realizing she is physically lost and the following chapter will open with eighth-grade Abbey feeling emotionally lost, adrift in a new school. Each chapter manages to provide emotional and physical drama and plenty of character insights. Themes resonate, but never cross over into the didactic, as the girls battle to survive both human-nature and the natural world. Thank you to Netgalley and McElderry for a review copy of this book.

Out of Range by Heidi Lang is a great story about sister relationships. I loved the writing and the characters. I can't wait to book talk this with my students!

I received this book for free for an honest review from netgalley #netgalley

Great adventure read perfect for Hatchet fans.