Welcome to my tour stop for the Official Blog Tour for Escape Through the Wilderness by Gary Rodriguez!
Genre:
Young Adult/Teen Adventure
Publish Date:
October 7, 2014
Publisher:
Tate Publishing
ISBN:
978-1-63268-201-7
Synopsis:
Sixteen-year-old Savannah Evans walks with a slight limp thanks to a gymnastics' accident that dashed her Olympic dreams, but didn't stop her from attending an adventure camp in Idaho. At Camp Arrowhead, she quickly befriends Jade Chang and Rico Cruz, but Conner Swift taunts Savi because of her injury.
When the four are teamed together for an overnight white-water river rafting adventure, Savi refuses to get in the same raft with Conner. Unfortunately, the director will not reassign her.
A fun expedition down the river turns into a nightmare when their raft slams into a huge rock and their adult guide disappears down the river.
Without their guie and desperately trying to steer an out-of-control raft, they pass the "last chance" marker ad enter the larger rapids. With Jade pinned between the raft and a rock, and Rico clinging to a lifeline, Savi must cut the raft free.
When the four drag themselves out of the river, they're bruised, beaten, lost, and twenty-five miles from camp. Because of late-night campfire tales of Vexel, a vicious animal that roams the nearby woods, Savi and the others are terrified.
Savi become the unlikely leader who tries to guide the group back to Camp Arrowhead. Limited supplies, injuries, and the constant threat of Vexel--who Savi fears is stalking them, complicate the harrowing return trip.
Readers will enjoy dramatic survival scenes and the group working together, solving problems, and learning to overcome adversity.
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*Excerpt*
Chapter 2 Excerpt
All of a sudden, like dominoes falling one at a time, the crowd began to hush. A collective gasp soon followed the silence. Rico immediately looked over his shoulder to see a solitary hooded figure dressed in a black robe approaching the fire. When the mysterious stranger’s face became visible in the firelight, several girls screamed.
Everyone winced in fear at the hooded stranger’s horrifying mask. Even Rico seemed
Everyone winced in fear at the hooded stranger’s horrifying mask. Even Rico seemed
a bit unnerved. Jade and Savi were so scared that they covered their heads with the blanket. Now only their eyes were visible through a small slit in their covering.
“I see now why they call it ‘Fright Night’!” Savi said in a shaky voice. Jade was too scared to talk.
“I see now why they call it ‘Fright Night’!” Savi said in a shaky voice. Jade was too scared to talk.
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**About the Author**
My name is Gary Rodriguez, and I live in California. I'm the president of LeaderMetrix Inc., a consulting company that specializes in senior-level executive coaching, organizational development, and conflict resolution.
Previously, I worked for eighteen years in the radio business as an executive where I spent several years as one of the original managers of Infinity Broadcasting. Following a successful radio career I became the president of a non-profit organization for a season.
As a young man, I spent a tour of duty in the U.S. Army where I was recognized as the youngest Drill Instructor in the Army's history at age 18 years. I was also awarded the Silver Star (the nation's third highest award for valor) while serving in a combat zone. Over the past few years, I've written three non-fiction books and then I decided to write a novel.
My first book, Purpose-Centered Public Speaking, was published in 2009 and was re-published this summer 2014. Then I wrote a companion workbook designed to help people implement the principles taught in my first book. Next, I wrote Overcoming The Fear Of Public Speaking. And this past year, I wrote my first novel, Escape Through The Wilderness.
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