# Distress Signal - Hardcover

by **Mary E. Lambert** (Author)

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.

### Author Biography

Mary E. Lambert is a middle school English teacher in Tempe, Arizona. She graduated from the Vermont College of Fine Arts with an MFA in children's writing and is the author of _Family Game Night and Other Catastrophes_. Visit her on Twitter @MaryUncontrary or at MaryELambert.com.

**Number of Pages:** 272

**Dimensions:** 1.2 x 8.3 x 5.7 IN

**Publication Date:** October 20, 2020

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Distress Signal

**Interest Level:** Middle Grades, 4-8

**Reading Level:** 4.9

**Point Value:** 7

## Details

- **Price:** 18.99 USD
- **Vendor:** Books by splitShops
- **Type:** Books
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