Wilderness School

With “an ever-rising tone of dread that builds to a terrifying crescendo” (Marcus Kliewar, author of We Used to Live Here), this unputdownable horror novel follows a teenager searching for answers about the mysterious events and disappearances that plague the wilderness camp for troubled...

Debut author Amina Luqman-Dawson pens a lyrical, accessible historical middle-grade novel about two enslaved children’s escape from a plantation and the many ways they find freedom. Under the cover of night, twelve-year-old Homer flees Southerland Plantation with his little sister Ada...

Trek deeper into the wilderness with New York Times bestselling author Dave Canterbury! In this valuable guide, survivalist Dave Canterbury goes beyond bushcraft basics to teach you how to survive in the backcountry with little or no equipment. Using the foundation you learned in Bushcraft 101...

A gripping chronicle of psychological manipulation and abuse at a “therapeutic” boarding school for troubled teens, and how one young woman fought to heal in the aftermath. At fifteen, Elizabeth Gilpin was an honor student, a state-ranked swimmer and a rising soccer star, but behind closed...

“An appealing coffee table book.” —The Wall Street Journal From Dave Canterbury—wilderness expert, New York Times bestselling author, and YouTube sensation—comes a fully illustrated guide to everything you need to know to hone your bushcraft, or wilderness survival skills, from types...

A boy. A storm. A knife—and a secret buried by the river. When thirteen-year-old Noah Ridge sets out on a summer rafting trip through the rugged canyon country, he expects adventure—not disaster. But when a flash flood tears through camp, Noah is swept miles downstream and left alone in the wilderness with nothing but his backpack… and the knife his dad gave him the day before. Struggling to survive storms, hunger, and a broken ankle, Noah stumbles upon a half-buried truck with a skeleton inside—and a mystery that’s been hidden by the river for decades. Now, every decision could ...

Follow the misadventures of free-spirited young schoolteacher Betty Wheatley – or Sweetly – as she’s nick-named by her handful of students at a remote school house in the Canadian wilderness. She soon encounters bears, risqué romance, revelry – and retribution from judgemental locals. An insightful engaging novel based on the real-life experiences of author Denise McKay, a former teacher at a one-room schoolhouse in the rugged British Columbia interior. Denise McKay was born in Vancouver and now resides in Ancaster, Ontario. She studied creative writing at Ryerson University and ...

*Are you a Prophet and need practical understanding? * Did people call you a Prophet and now everything is wrong in your life? * Seeing visions and don't understand why? * Need to understand why certain people have purpose in your life? “The Prophet in the Wilderness” is an introductory guide to discover your prophetic call. Apostle Ken Cox shapes his message with God’s word for prophets and aspiring prophets. This book is a model to get the prophetically gifted on the right track towards developing in their gift. You'll discover yourself, why you went through what you did, and most ...

Do you like to exercise? Do you spend most of your exercise time in the gym or in built up areas? Did you know that exercising in the natural environment is better for you? Recent research shows that if we exercise in more natural surroundings it benefits us more, even if we do exactly the same amount. Incredibly, immersing ourselves in forests or being close to the ocean when we exercise can make a significant difference to our energy levels. Now, in Cleverland: The Science of How Nature Nurtures, Dr. Chong Chen examines in more detail the psychology of how nature nurtures us and how our ...

What if the silence after a war was more dangerous than the war itself? In the aftermath of a forgotten war, Elijah Boone, a battle-scarred ranger, is sent to the mist-shrouded mountains of Wyoming. His orders are unclear. His mission, whispered not written, is simple: watch. But some silences are meant to conceal more than memories—they are built to bury truths too heavy for any nation to bear. Among the broken ridgelines and snow-choked basins, Boone uncovers remnants of an erased history: shallow graves, desperate survivors, and orders that were never supposed to exist. Each discovery ...

Forbidden love on the frontier.... Hope Tucker is content staying in her hometown of Lamar, Missouri, focusing on her life as a schoolteacher instead of finding love. But when she hears the truth about her parents' romance during the Civil War, how her mother Cordia set out to find her father Will after a deadly battle, Hope is determined to have that sort of adventure as well. Accepting a teaching position in a frontier town in Texas isn't quite what she was expecting--there are no marauders or gunslingers--but there is one man with a shady past, and when the entire town tells her to stay ...

Ten year-old Benny travels west with a knife-throwing, card-playing bank robber, a savage black stallion, and the promise that God will never leave him. Can he trust that promise? Explore this Historical adventure in greater detail and understand the time period better. Study Guide to Benny and the Bank Robber. Teacher edition includes the full story text with comprehension questions, thought questions, and essay and research suggestions plus vocabulary by chapter and answer keys and project suggestions.