Saving Cody - (Wilder Boys) by Brandon Wallace

About the Book

Faced with the loss of their beloved dog, Cody, brothers Jake, fourteen, and Taylor, twelve, set out to find their grandmother living off the grid in the Sierra Nevada mountains, and discover a lumber company trying to harass her off her property.

Book Synopsis

Two brothers fight to save their grandmother's land from developers in the third "fun, fast-paced, crisp caper" (School Library Journal) of the Wilder Boys series.

When a run-in with the local bully means the boys risk losing their beloved dog, Cody, they hatch a plan to keep him safe. They'll take him to live with their grandmother in the Sierra Nevada mountains. He'll be safe there, and Grandma--who lives off the grid--will benefit from the companionship. But first they've got to figure out exactly where in the mountains she is.

Following clues left in postcards and pictures and using their keen senses of deduction and survival, they finally find her tract of land. But when they get there, they discover that a group of ill-intentioned developers is trying to bully her off her property. Do the boys have what it takes to outsmart the developers and save their grandmother's beloved home?

Review Quotes

"A fun, fast-paced, crisp caper for wilderness lovers and curious homebodies alike."-- "--School Library Journal"

"The strength's in the journey--survival skills and environmentalism--not the destination."-- "--Kirkus Reviews"

About the Author

Trekking solo across the remotest corners of Wyoming and Montana as a young man, Brandon Wallace learned how to survive the hard way in the harshest conditions nature could throw at him. Having spent the subsequent two decades as a trail leader, passing on his knowledge to a generation of budding adventurers, he turned his hand to fictionalizing his experiences, and the Wilder Boys series was born.