For example, most of Canada is in climate zone 750. Just kidding. Most Canadians probably live in climate zones 5 and 6. By looking up heating degree days on degreedays.net, I found the following: Climate Zone 4C-Vancouver; CZ 5A-Toronto; CZ 6A-Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec; CZ 7B-Calgary.
Adrift by Paul Griffin Adrift is an intense psychological thriller about a group of five teens adrift in the Atlantic Ocean for fifteen days. Griffin's portrayal of their attempts to survive is both gritty and realistic and doesn't have a happily-ever-after ending.
Editorial Reviews. From Publishers Weekly. ``An abiding love for land, a love of strong, utilitarian beauty in horses, people, and books'' are the staff of life for Homer (Skies of Such Valuable Glass), whose journal of a taxing river voyage in the Ozarks is filled with lyrical, even mystical insights and asides.