The Long Way Around

Anne Nesbet

(Candlewick) Vivian’s dream of going on a camping adventure without adult supervision is finally coming true. On a family outing to Sequoia National Park in California, her mom and uncle let 11-year-old Vivian, her cousin Owen, and her younger sister Amy camp out by themselves for one night near a small lake. Owen cooks dinner for the group, and they have fun together. But while they are asleep in their tent that night, an earthquake crumbles the ridge of a nearby mountain. The destruction blocks the path back to their family, forcing them to take an “unmaintained” route out of the park that will take them across river rapids and a treacherous pass that’s 11,300 feet high. The cousins calculate that the new course will take them seven days to…

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