Stranded in a Snostorm [Hardcover]

Think that heading out into the Colorado forest in 60 degree weather in May is totally safe? Think again. As Nico and his baby sitter Hannah quickly learn,Mother Nature can turn on a dime, and when she does, she dumps so much snow on them that they can't find their way out of what should have been a simpleovernight backpacking trip.

Trek along with these two as an unexpected snowstorm teaches them just how much wilderness savvy they have. It's not enough. They need more. See how theirrescuer uses 21st century technology along with timeless backcountry smarts to try to find his friends. And, experience how Nico, our 12 year old hero,comes to understand that sometimes misbehaving isn't as bad as some adults make it out to be.

Stranded in a Snowstorm features backcountry powder skiing and snowboarding, backpacking, fire-lighting, survival, rock and roll, and emergency whistles.Our heroes have to hike high, hunker low, ski and ride fast, and huddle together just to survive. Will they make it out alive? Will their twists and turnsbe enough to keep them from the dangers that beautiful Mother Nature brings? Will you feel like strapping a board to your feet and poking some freshieswhile you read this epic adventure?

Stranded in a Snowstorm is a thrilling extreme sports, action adventure chapter book for kids 7-12 that teaches lessons of green living and survival. Ittakes the reader through a harrowing backpacking trip that puts 12 year old Nico, his baby sitter and friend Hannah, and their mountaineering rescuer Paulto the test as an unexpected snowstorm strands them in the middle of the woods in Colorado's Rocky Mountains. While they are stuck out there in thewilderness, they learn important things about survival, their surroundings, themselves and the Earth they inhabit.

The story highlights how lucky we are to have water flow freely through our faucets at home, the unexpected merits of misbehaving, how important attitudeis in survival (and l£b