daalet.blogg.se - If we survive by andrew klavan

Straw Character: Jim only really exists in the story to be proven wrong.

Not to mention Palmer easily killing several troops, even those that should have more experience than him.

Mighty Whitey: The summary outright states that the characters become beloved in the village they go to.

The Load: Nikki doesn't serve any purpose in the story other than to be a Damsel in Distress and the Implied Love Interest for Will.

Dude Magnet: Meredith attracts Will, Palmer, and Mendoza over the course of the story.

Did Not Get the Girl: Meredith never returns Will's affections.

Dark and Troubled Past: Meredith lost her sister to cancer when she was 14, and Palmer was kicked out of the Marines.

Big Damn Heroes: Palmer saving everyone as they're about to be executed.

Eventually Nikki is implied to develop one for Will after he saves her after she falls in the river.

All Love Is Unrequited: Will develops a crush on Meredith.

Will found that fearlessness is not only attainable-but contagious.Īvailable: Amazon, Christianbooks.If We Survive is a YA novel written by Andrew Klavan about 6 people who go to a country in South America for missionary work, and end up caught in a revolution. If We Survive artfully examines issues of life and death, prayer and faith, and most forcefully courage do what is right despite your fear. Readers will feel the fear, taste the sweat and grime and agonize with Will over exhaustion and decisions that will determine his future and shape his character. After the first missionary is executed, Dunn escapes, and Will believes the ex-Marine has abandoned them to their doom.Īndrew Klavan spins another nonstop, action-packed tale laced with life principles for life’s extremities. The local rebel thug, Mendoza, imprisons the six Americans, and the Bush pilot, Palmer Dunn, insists the rebels will murderer them all. Rebels have initiated a revolution in Costa Verdes, and the five missionaries and their pilot are caught in the middle. While awaiting their pilot for the return trip home, rebel gunmen burst into the local cantina and murder the proprietor before their eyes.

Will, a High school sophomore and an unlikely hero, flies with Pastor Ron and three other students into a poverty stricken Central American country to rebuild a schoolhouse.