Avalanche by Arthur Roth (Good, 1979, Pbk, 140 pgs, Scholastic)

Cover and pages have some usage wear; pages appear to be unmarked; pages are lightly age-toned. ISBN 0590422677

Chris and his brother Terry were just going out for a little skiing and a little hunting. The hungry coyote seemed an easy mark, but the echoing crack of the rifle sets off an avalanche, and Chris is buried alive under a mountain of snow. No one saw him go under. He is all alone.