Distress Signal

By Mary E. Lambert

Book Overview

In this edge-of-your-seat survival story, four classmates are stranded in a desert wilderness after a flash flood separates them from the rest of their grade. Can they make it to safety?

Lavender's class is on a field trip in the desert of Chiricahua National Monument, hiking down a ravine, when a flash flood strikes

As the water hurtles down the ravine, everyone sprints for safety. Lavender runs in the opposite direction as the rest of her class and scrambles up a tree while the torrential river rages by.

When the waters finally recede, Lavender finds herself stranded in the brutal heat of the desert with only her ex-best friend Marisol, mean-girl Rachelle, and a boy named John. They are shaken, disoriented, and have just one pack of supplies and the most basic wilderness knowledge. Can they find their way back to safety? They will have to learn to work together in spite of their differences -- if they want to survive.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1338607448
• ISBN13: 9781338607444
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Scholastic Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.7" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Great read!

My kids randomly picked out this book for their summer reading list. I never heard of it so I pre read it. This book was so good! I could hardly put it down! I can’t wait for them to read it.