  | Scouts Author: Greenland, Shannon | |
| Price: $6.50 | ||
Summary:
An adventure story of a group of friends who set out to find a crashed meteor ... but find mystery, danger, and fractures in their close relationships instead.
| Accelerated Reader Information: Interest Level: MG Reading Level: 4.10 Points: 6.0 Quiz: 503336 | Reading Counts Information: Interest Level: 3-5 Reading Level: 3.50 Points: 11.0 Quiz: 77456 | |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (05/01/19)
Booklist (06/01/19)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (A) (00/06/19)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 06/01/2019 A hike into the Tennessee hills becomes a life-changing experience for a preteen cohort. Terrifying encounters with sudden flights of bats, a bear, a skeleton in a cave, shotgun-wielding moonshiners, soldiers, and a strange, silvery meteorite are just the tip of the iceberg—maybe, just maybe, they're also facing an otherworldly visitor. The meteor starts it all off, apparently landing only a few miles away and setting Annie and her lifelong posse (Beans, Rocky, and Fynn, plus Fynn’s disgustingly girly, at least in Annie’s view, cousin Scarlett) on its trail. What at first seems like no more than an entertaining excursion quickly turns into a nonstop thrill ride, as one calamitous situation after another tests not only each adventurer’s individual courage but also the group’s solidarity, already unraveling in the face of impending life changes. Along with a riveting “oh no, now what?” plot that features more than one astonishing twist at the climax, Greenland ultimately brings her diverse crew of young characters safely through developmental rapids that confirm old bonds and form new ones. - Copyright 2019 Booklist.
