"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.