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    Boys Camp: Zack's Story
    Boys Camp: Zack's Story
    Boys Camp: Zack's Story
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    Boys Camp: Zack's Story

    By Cameron Dokey and Craig Orback

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    So, Zack Wilson thought, almost laughing at himself. I’ve been at Camp Wolf Trail, what? Ten minutes? And already I’m having an adventure. At last! Being at Camp Wolf Trail is a dream come true for city boy Zack. Finally, he’ll have the summer full of wilderness backpacking, rock climbing, canoeing, whitewater rafting, friendship, and fun of which he’s always dreamed. But nature has surprises in store for Zack: animals, weather, and even the earth itself don’t behave the way he expects, and especially not the way his favorite book, The Outdoor Adventure Guide, has described them. After Zack makes a mistake that nearly costs him the friendship and trust of his cabinmates, he loses confidence in himself. When a scary catastrophe strikes, and Zack is faced with life-threatening danger, will he have the courage and problem-solving smarts to lead his friends to safety?

    With humor, honesty, and a deep appreciation of boys and wilderness, author Cameron Dokey and illustrator Craig Orback capture readers’ curiosity in this rollicking first Boys Camp story of adventure and bravery, Zack’s Story. This paperback edition also boasts an animal tracks ID card, perfect for outdoor exploration!

    Sky Pony Press, with our Good Books, Racehorse and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of books for young readerspicture books for small children, chapter books, books for middle grade readers, and novels for young adults. Our list includes bestsellers for children who love to play Minecraft; stories told with LEGO bricks; books that teach lessons about tolerance, patience, and the environment, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSky Pony
    Release dateJan 6, 2015
    ISBN9781626363212
    Boys Camp: Zack's Story
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    Cameron Dokey

    Cameron Dokey is the author of nearly thirty young adult novels. Her other fairy tales include The Storyteller’s Daughter, Sunlight and Shadow, and Golden. She has also written the #1 bestselling How Not to Spend Your Senior Year. She lives in Seattle, Washington, with her husband and four cats.

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      Boys Camp - Cameron Dokey

      Chapter One

      So, Zack Wilson thought, almost laughing at himself, I’ve been at Camp Wolf Trail, what? Ten minutes? And already I’m having an adventure.

      Zack looked at the rough map in his hands. He wasn’t lost in the woods, exactly. He just didn’t know where he was.

      I’ll swap you this map for your gear, the counselor, Carlos, had said with a grin, right after Zack waved good-bye to his parents as they drove away. Your mission is to find Birch Cabin, your home while you’re here. Have fun on your map challenge. And don’t worry: Someone will always be tracking you. Oh, and welcome to Camp Wolf Trail!

      So Zack had set out, striding along the path through the shady woods, taking deep breaths of the pine-scented air, his thumbs hooked through the straps of his backpack, his legs feeling strong and sure. His whole life, he’d dreamed of walking through the woods all on his own like this. And the hike was great, just the way he’d always imagined hiking would be—up until now.

      Now, there was trouble dead ahead. The big path split into two smaller trails. But the map showed the path dividing into three trails, and it was the trail on the far left—the one that didn’t seem to exist in real life—that led to Birch Cabin.

      Knowing how to read a map was important. Zack knew that from studying his favorite book in the entire universe, The Outdoor Adventure Guide. The Guide told almost everything there was to know about the great outdoors: how to build a shelter or start a fire; how to use a compass or navigate by the stars. Zack could feel the book, hard and flat against his back, inside his backpack.

      Zack had read The Outdoor Adventure Guide from cover to cover, over and over. He practically had the chapter on map reading memorized. But this was his first experience actually using a map to get where he wanted to go.

      It was harder than it looked, particularly now that Zack was deep in the woods, and especially when the map didn’t match the path. I guess this is the challenging part of the map challenge, Zack thought. Zack could feel his hands starting to sweat. He wasn’t scared, but he couldn’t help thinking he must have gone wrong somewhere. Stay calm, he told himself. He knew what the Guide said about getting scared:

      A little scare isn’t always a bad thing. It can help you pay attention. It can keep you on your toes. But it’s hard to think straight when you panic. If you get too scared, you can put yourself in danger. So remember: It’s okay to just stop walking.

      Well, Zack thought. I can handle the stop part. It’s which way to go that’s the problem.

      At least there were no distractions, none of the city sounds that Zack was used to. No horns honking or sirens blaring. No radios turned up too loud. Instead, the wind made a kind of restless sound, moving through the tree branches way up high, and every once in a while a bird called.

      Oof! Wham!

      Something hit Zack in the back. Hard.

      Aaah! Zack cried. He spun around to see a kid backing up so fast that Zack was afraid the guy would trip over his own feet and fall over backward.

      Oh, man, the kid said. "I ran smack into you, didn’t I? Sorry, sorry. I didn’t watch where I was going. I mean, I did. But I was trying to look at my compass and the map and the path at the same time and I . . . "

      It’s okay, Zack said, breaking into the tumble of words. The kid talked so fast Zack was almost out of breath just listening. "I’m not hurt. You just surprised me. That’s

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