Books published by publisher MorrowJuniorBooks

Fourteen-year-old Rick Walker is alone, on the run, and desperate. Stowing away in the back of a pickup truck, he suddenly finds himself at a dead end in a surreal landscape of redrock spires and deep canyons called the Maze. In this heart-stopping adventure, master storyteller Will Hobbs brings readers a unique tale of identity, personal growth, and friendship. 01 Blue Spruce Award Masterlist (YA Cat.), 01 AZ Young Reader Award Masterlist (Teen Bks cat.), 00-01 Sunshine State Young Reader's Award Masterlist (Gr. 6-8), 00-01 Black-Eyed Susan Award Masterlist, 00-01 Minnesota's Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award Masterlist, 00-01 South Carolina Book Award Nomination Masterlist (Grds 6-9), 00-01 Lone Star Reading List, 00-01 Utah Book Award (Gr. 7-12), 01 Washington State Evergreen YA Book Award Masterlist, 00-01 Young Hoosier Book Award Masterlist (Gr. 6-8), and 01 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Nominee Masterlist

Come aboard the Maid of the Mist with the author as she takes you on a lively, up-close tour of Niagara Falls. You'll meet explorers and adventurers, daredevils and heroes. You'll hear ghost stories and native legends, visit the sites of decisive historical battles, see incredible technological feats, and travel back in time to when the Falls were formed-about 12,000 years ago. And along the way you'll learn fascinating bits of trivia (did you know that a million bathtubfuls of water go over the Falls every second?).