"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. It takes the reader through a harrowing backpacking trip that puts 12 year old Nico, his baby sitter and friend Hannah, and their mountaineering rescuer Paul to 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 the wilderness, 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 attitude is in survival (and otherwise), and how the greatest tool we have at our disposal is our mind.
"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. It takes the reader through a harrowing backpacking trip that puts 12 year old Nico, his baby sitter and friend Hannah, and their mountaineering rescuer Paul to 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 the wilderness, 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 attitude is in survival (and otherwise), and how the greatest tool we have at our disposal is our mind.
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