Hide and Seek by Katy Grant (ISBN: 978-1-56145-542-3)
Chase lives with his mom, stepfather, and two sisters in the White Mountains of Arizona. Since his parents run a store and tourist cabins, he has a lot of unpaid work to do every day, but although he sometimes feels put-upon, his life is really pretty great. He can leap on his bike whenever his chores are done and ride out into the mountains to go exploring. Exploring is even more fun with his new GPS, because he can use it to find geocaches--treasure boxes that other people have hidden. The game is to find the box using only GPS coordinates. Chase finds his first geocache, which is exciting enough, but what does the mysterious message in the cache's logbook mean? It sounds like someone needs help...This is one of those stories where, as a mom, it's a little hard to read because I just want to yell at the kid "Don't you see you're in over your head? Go tell an adult what's going on already!!" But they never do! Chase wants to do the right thing, and he makes choices that are realistic for someone his age. His emotions when things aren't going so well are realistic too. If you like adventure stories, you'll love this book. By Mrs. Linehan
