Themes: Adventure, Carelessness, Fiction, Tween, Emergent Reader, Chapter Book, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. Marlon and Steve are going camping with their dads in the rural mountain town of Dry Oak. To Marlon's disappointment, there is no cell service at the campsite....

Three friends set out on a day hike to explore their local forest, intending to climb to the top of the hill, where they will plant a flag, read a poem, and release feathers into the wind.

"There's a killer on their trail. Burned out by both her marriage and work, Liz desperately needs an escape. More than that, she needs an adventure, a total reset. So when it is her turn to plan the annual vacation with her three best friends, she persuades them to spend four nights wild camping in the stunning mountains of Norway. Following a trail that climbs through lush valleys, towering peaks, and passed jewel-blue lakes, Liz is sure that the...

Bob goes on a hike. He has a bad day-- a very bad day!.

The Secret of the Golden Tomb: During a class assignment, Jess and Katie stumble upon a mystery of a sacred golden tomb. As they begin to put the pieces together, they soon realize there's more to this mystery than meets the eye.Hike to the Hilltop: As their sophomore year continues, Jesse realizes his feelings for Katie have deepened. As they struggle over their feelings for one another, will a hike to a snow-covered hilltop lead them on the path...

"When sisters Cat and Ginny travel with their husbands to the idyllic Swiss Alps for a hiking holiday, it's not just a chance to take in the stunning scenery. It's an opportunity to reconnect with each other after years of drifting apart--and patch up marriages that are straining at the seams. As they head into the mountains, morale is high, but as the terrain turns treacherous, cracks in the relationships start to show. With worrying signs that someone...

Ashley James and Tucker Lee have been friends for years. They are city boys but long for life on the open trail. During a three-hundred-mile hike from the Southern California desert to the mountains around Big Bear Lake, they make some pretty amazing discoveries. One of those discoveries is love. A love that has been bubbling below the surface for a very long time. But love isn't all they find. They also stumble upon a war-a war being waged by Mother...

A group of girlfriends embark on a camping trip. As darkness falls, they are forced to rely on each other and new rock-climbing friends, before it becomes the last hike of their lives.

"Vigilante justice is sweet justice." After thirty years of being haunted by his traumatic past, justice was finally served for Thomas. His molester turned pedophile murderer was executed through death row. He suffered sexual abuse from a Wisconsin summer resort employee, Wayne Summerdale, when he and his family visited there when he was still ten years old. It was a tragic memory from Thomas's past that caused struggle as he was growing up. He joined...

Twelve-year-old Lin and her two new friends brave the wilderness to find a castle, prove a local legend, and discover the true meaning of home. After living an RV with her house-flipping parents all her life, Lin Moser is not looking forward to being stuck in Newbridge, New Jersey for their longest stay yet. She finds out about a local legend: an ancient ruined castle in the woods that no one has been able to find. Determined to create her own adventure,...