Adventure Awaits - by Ky Furneaux (Paperback)

About the Book

Attention young adventurers! Learn all the skills you need to survive in the wild and get ready to embark on your next outdoor adventure!

Book Synopsis

CONQUER THE WILDERNESS

Calling adventurers of all ages! Navigate the challenges and wonders of nature with confidence with this handy guide to braving the great outdoors.

Experienced survivalist, global adventurer, and stuntwoman Ky Furneaux (featured on Discovery's Naked and Afraid) has spent her life exploring some of the most remote corners of the earth and has personally tested each bit of knowledge in this book. Adventure Awaits is packed with practical advice, real-life stories, practice activities, a 100-question "Would You Survive?" quiz, and step-by-step instructions on topics such as:

• Shelter
• Water
• Food
• Knives
• Fire
• Rescue
• Basic wilderness first aid

Whether you are planning a weekend camping trip or simply want to be prepared for whatever life throws your way, Adventure Awaits enables you to experience everything the world has to offer.

Review Quotes

When the wild calls, this outdoor survival guide makes sure young adventurers are ready to answer. Australian stuntperson, survival expert, and TV personality Furneaux draws on her own bushcraft experience to offer an engaging guide to survival in the outdoors that's at once comprehensive and compulsively readable. Organized into manageable sections, the book covers core outdoor survival principles, including shelter, water, and fire. Each section presents a historical example to learn from, explains the topic's importance (with scientific context), provides detailed yet approachable instructions, shares helpful tips and tricks, and offers hands-on activities so readers can safely practice their skills. The final chapter is a lengthy quiz that allows budding outdoorspeople to further cement their knowledge. From showing how to tie knots to catching and preparing small animals to eat, demonstrative photos and detailed line drawings help readers effectively visualize techniques. The text debunks common bushcraft myths while offering fun facts (you actually can eat most slugs and snails--but avoid the brightly colored ones!); at the same time, Furneaux doesn't shy away from the serious nature of the topic and the dangers inherent to wilderness excursions. While she encourages adult supervision throughout the book, some of the practice activities--like starting a fire using a battery and steel wool--feel unsafe for the intended audience. The outdoorspeople who appear in photos appear white. Kids--and their grown-ups--will want to pack this book in their go bags.--- Kirkus Reviews