The BarrensWinner of the Minnesota Book Award and a 2022 Great Group Reads Selection The Barrens grabbed me from the opening pages and never let go. Michael Punke, author of The Revenant Two young women attending college decide to have a summer adventure canoeing the rapids strewn Thelon River that runs 450 miles through the uninhabited Barren Lands of subarctic Canada. Holly made the trip once before with a group of skilled paddlers she trained with at camp,