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    Lost in the Woods: A Bible Camp Mystery
    Lost in the Woods: A Bible Camp Mystery
    Lost in the Woods: A Bible Camp Mystery
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    Lost in the Woods: A Bible Camp Mystery

    By Cheryl Rogers

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    What do you get when you take a group of relatively inexperienced campers out in the Florida backwoods? In a word, trouble.

    Thirteen-year-old Zack disappears in the middle of the night, more than half of the campers become mysteriously ill, and a hurricane takes an unexpected turn in their direction, leaving the group vulnerable.

    Group leader Chet Harrigan, a former gang leader, is among the sick, but he's in charge as the bad weather hits camp. Join Chet and his group of 10 to 16 year olds on their adventure in the wilds of Florida, where there are gators, huge spider webs hanging from the trees, and no-see-ums that sting.

    The ebook aimed at preteens and teens teaches the biblical path to salvation, plus the importance of obedience and prayer.

    Lost in the Woods: A Bible Camp Mystery is the first in a new series of Bible Camp Mysteries featuring Chet Harrigan and his crew from The Boy's Den.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCheryl Rogers
    Release dateOct 14, 2012
    ISBN9781611879858
    Lost in the Woods: A Bible Camp Mystery
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    Cheryl Rogers

    Former journalist Cheryl Rogers writes around the edges of farming and family life in the Swan Valley, near Perth. Her short fiction has been published in Australia, the UK and USA, and she is a three time winner of the Henry Lawson Society of New South Wales short story award. In 1998, a memoir co-written with fellow University of Western Australia graduate and friend, Gun Dolva, was short-listed for the WA Premier’s Book of the Year Award. A longtime member of Sisters in Crime (Australia), Cheryl loves a mystery. 

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      Lost in the Woods - Cheryl Rogers

      Lost in the Woods

      A Bible Camp Mystery

      By Cheryl Rogers

      Songs from the Word Edition

      Copyright 2012 by Cheryl Rogers, Tampa, FL

      Table of Contents

      Chapter 1: Summer Plans

      Chapter 2: Preparing for the Bible Camp

      Chapter 3: Do You See ’em? No.

      Chapter 4: Raw Dogs

      Chapter 5: Pack Mentality

      Chapter 6: The Disappearance

      Chapter 7: Food Poisoning

      Chapter 8: Missing

      Chapter 9: The Surrender

      Chapter 10: Menacing Storm

      Chapter 11: The Search

      Chapter 12: Help Arrives

      Chapter 13: Jeeps to the Rescue

      Chapter 14: Lifted to Safety

      About the Author

      Chapter 1: Summer Plans

      The boys were talking loudly as they waited for their leader, Chet Harrigan, to make his big announcement. Without revealing details, Chet had been dropping hints for a couple weeks that they didn’t want to miss tonight’s church meeting. There was lots of excitement in the air when Chet appeared before them as they sat on folded chairs in their church hangout, The Boy’s Den. The chatter stopped quickly as the boys turned their bright eyes, filled with exuberance, on Chet. The room became silent, as they waited expectantly.

      Obviously enjoying their reaction, Chet began, "Have I got your attention? Then he laughed.

      Well this is it, guys. The moment you’ve been waiting for. … It’s been in the works for about three months now, but I’m planning our first ever Bible camp.

      Chet, a 29-year-old former gang leader, led the Boy’s Den at Living Water Community Church. It was a great group of youths from varying backgrounds, who met regularly for encouragement in their faith. Until now, most of their activities were either at the church or in town.

      But Chet was planning to change all that with this outdoor adventure. And so this was, for this small group, a pretty big deal.

      We’re going to go deep in the woods far away from everything, pitch our tents and spend some time hiking and canoeing, he told the boys. If you’d like to go, sign up before you leave today and we’ll give you all the information.

      Excited, the boys resumed talking. Thirteen-year-old Zack immediately turned to his friend Jeff, who had been attending church with him and participating in the Boy’s Den for as long as he could remember. Wanna go? he asked excitedly. I’ve been wanting to go camping for a long time and nobody has taken me.

      Sure, Jeff replied. Sounds like fun. I went canoeing once and I liked it. You get to swim and eat. It’s real quiet and peaceful. That’s unless you see some alligators.

      Alligators? questioned Zack, almost whispering.

      Sure, the gators like to sun themselves on the fallen trees alongside the river, he said. They don’t bother anybody. We’re just not supposed to feed them.

      What’s this about gators? asked Danny, another long-time pal.

      Aw, nothing Danny, replied Jeff. I’m just telling Zack here a little bit about being in the woods and canoeing. There are going to be gators. They won’t bother us if we don’t bother them.

      That’s right, Chet reassured them. We’ll tell you all about staying away from the gators before we head out. If one of them comes near you, I’ll let them have it!

      Chet was six foot three inches and relied upon his tall frame to keep the sometimes rowdy crowd in line. To him, a gator was just another untamed creature, except this one stretched itself out horizontally instead of vertically. And Chet knew a lot about untamed creatures, having been one many years ago.

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