15 Secrets to Survival

By Natalie D. Richards

Four classmates must survive the wilderness alone when their instructor vanishes.

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384 pages

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Baxter, Abigail, Turner, and Emerson face an unexpected test when their wilderness instructor disappears, leaving them with only a survival guide. As winter's dangers loom, can they unite to find their teacher and navigate the wild? The woods hold secrets, and teamwork is their only hope. Will they conquer the challenges or succumb to the unknown perils?

From the publisher

New York Times bestselling author Natalie D. Richards’s middle grade debut about a group of four classmates forced to navigate the wilderness for an extra credit project with nothing but the pages of a survival handbook–and each other–to save them. When classmates Baxter, Abigail, Turner and Emerson break a school rule, they’re forced to travel to the middle of nowhere for an extra credit project. They think things can’t get much worse. After all, how will learning to survive in the wilderness help them stay out of trouble in school? What starts off as a weekend of team building takes a scary turn when their instructor goes missing and they are given nothing but pages of a survival guide to complete a series of challenges. They soon learn the woods around them have unexpected surprises. Will they discover a way to work together to find their teacher and overcome the dangers of winter in the mountains? A recommended choice for classroom discussions on earth science and educators looking for survival books for kids.

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