Wildlands Safari Escape Challenge starts on
April 8, 2025!
Will YOU survive?
12-year-old Lucy can hardly believe her luck when she is selected for the Wildlands Safari Escape Challenge at her local safari park. But this escape challenge is trickier than she expected, and Lucy soon learns they are in for an extra wild ride! Broken locks, downed electronics, and empty animal enclosures are just the start of their troubles.
And then Lucy discovers something truly terrifying. Wildlands' beloved baby elephant is on the loose and might be in serious danger! Lucy and her team are sure this can't be part of the competition—and worse still, with their walkie talkie on the fritz, they have no way to call for help.
They might not know the dangers ahead, but Lucy's team is determined to save that elephant. Their fun escape challenge has turned into an ultimate test, and Lucy and her team will surprise everyone with how they tackle the real Wildlands challenge.
Interactive puzzles for readers!
From New York Times bestselling author Natalie D. Richards, comes an edge-of-your seat survival story packed with animal facts, puzzles and more making it the perfect book for readers looking for their next adventure.
“Alternating perspectives
between the cousins fill this story out with good detail, while the occasional interstitial cranks up the tension. Genre vet Richards is no stranger to chilling and suspenseful stories, and this survival thriller earns a spot on the shelf with some of her standouts.”
“The writing evokes a powerful sense of place...But the novel’s real strength lies in the thoughts and conversations the cousins share around being a survivor of trauma as well as the complexities of navigating a relationship with a survivor.
A gripping story of strength in the face of unrelenting challenges.”
“A teamwork oriented update to Hatchet.”
- School Library Journal
“Exciting and revelatory.”
- Kirkus Reviews
“A fast paced adventure.”
- Publisher’s Weekly
Four classmates in the wilderness with only the pages of a survival handbook—and each other—to save them!
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Five Total Strangers and "master of suspense" (BCCB), Natalie D. Richards, comes a pulse-pounding YA thriller about Jo and her six coworkers who have the final shift at a defunct movie theater at an abandoned mall, a shift that quickly takes a dark turn.
Natalie D. Richards
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
Natalie spent many years applying her writing abilities to amazingly boring business documents. Fortunately, she realized that she is much better at making things up, and has been writing novels ever since.
