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1) Arches enemy
Author
Series
Publisher
Torrey House Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"A famed sandstone arch in Utah's Arches National Park collapses and takes a woman atop it to her death, ensnaring archaeologist Chuck Bender and his family in lethal questions of environmental monkeywrenching and political intrigue. As more deaths follow, Chuck and his wife Janelle race to uncover the killer even as they become murder targets themselves."--Publisher description.
Author
Series
National park mystery volume 1
Publisher
Aaron Johnson
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"Before leaving on a two-month summer vacation, Jake Evans finds a gift from his deceased grandfather that will lead him on a scavenger hunt through ten of America's most rugged, wild, and beautiful parks."--Back cover
3) Wolf stalker
Author
Series
National parks mystery volume 1
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
1997.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Jack, his younger sister, and the family's teenage foster child Troy go to Yellowstone National Park, where Jack's mother, a wildlife veterinarian, is investigating the report that wolves reintroduced to the park have killed a dog there.
4) Cliff hanger
Author
Series
National parks mystery volume 2
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Jack and his younger sister visit Mesa Verde National Park, where they delve into the park's history while gradually uncovering the mysterious past of their family's teenage foster child Lucky.
Author
Series
National park mystery volume 4
Publisher
Aaron Johnson
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
While camping in Zion National Park, Jake Evans and his friends uncover a new set of cryptic clues hidden in his grandfather's scrapbook. Battling unpredictable weather, unforeseen challenges, and an elusive adversary, the three friends are forced to rely on their problem-solving skills, the power of their growing friendship, and the courage to do the right thing.--Publisher's description.
Author
Series
National park mystery volume 3
Publisher
Aaron Johnson
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"Before Jake?s grandfather died, he was on the trail of a centuries-old mystery. And he has entrusted that mystery to Jake, leaving behind a set of hidden codes, riddles, maps, and other clues that lead Jake and his friends on a scavenger hunt into the most wild and rugged wilderness of the national parks. The scavenger hunt takes Jake and his friends, where few people venture to go, into the depths of the Grand Canyon. Jake, Amber, and Wes encounter...
Author
Series
National park mystery volume 2
Publisher
[Aaron Johnson]
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"After camping in Rocky Mountain National Park, Jake and his friends travel to the Great Sand Dunes in southern Colorado. Exploring the heart of the dunes, they stumble upon something both unexpected and dangerous. Through more twists and turns, Jake's friendships and integrity are tested by choices that will demand smarts and courage. The mystery unfolds as Jake, Amber, and Wes learn about survival skills, natural history, integrity, character, and...
8) Ghost horses
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
Visiting Zion National Park with his family, twelve-year-old Jack encounters two mysteries, the strange behavior of a band of wild mustangs and the possibly sinister actions of his new foster brother, a Shoshone boy.
Author
Series
Publisher
Torrey House Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When Janelle Ortega's cousin from Mexico is found brutally murdered at a remote petroglyph site in Saguaro National Park, she and her husband, archaeologist Chuck Bender, are drawn deep into a threatening web of hostility and deceit stretching south across the US-Mexico border and back in time a thousand years, to when the Hohokam people thrived in the Sonoran Desert. Evoking the stark, cactus-studded beauty of Saguaro National Park in southern Arizona,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Torrey House Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
When Yellowstone National Park's grizzly bears and gray wolves suddenly and inexplicably go rogue, archaeologist Chuck Bender teams with his old friend, Yellowstone Chief Ranger Lex Hancock, to defend the suspect members of a group scientific expedition. Soon, Chuck finds himself defending the lives of his family as an unforeseen danger threatens in the storied national park's remote wilderness.
11) Mountain rampage
Author
Series
Publisher
Torrey House Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In the riveting second installment of the National Park Mystery Series, archaeologist Chuck Bender finds himself and his young wife and stepdaughters in the crosshairs of an unknown killer when he defends his brother-in-law from false accusations of murder in the brutal slaying of a resort worker in Rocky Mountain National Park.
12) Canyon sacrifice
Author
Series
Publisher
Torrey House Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"When his new stepdaughter is kidnapped during a visit to the Grand Canyon, archaeologist Chuck Bender faces up to his secret past and his unfamiliar family-man role as he confronts every parent's worst nightmare--that of a missing child"--Page 4 of cover.
13) Yosemite fall
Author
Series
Publisher
Torrey House Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Archaeologist Chuck Bender arrives with his family in the beautiful Yosemite Valley to study the 150-year-old murders of a pair of gold prospectors. In the midst of Chuck's work, preparations for the annual Yosemite Slam rock-climbing competition, and a reunion with his old climbing buddies, the trip quickly turns threatening. One climber never shows up, climbing equipment fails, and Chuck and his wife, Janelle Ortega, are suspected in the shocking,...
Author
Series
National Park mystery volume 7
Publisher
Torrey House Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When suspicious deaths befall a whitewater rafting expedition through Cataract Canyon in Canyonlands National Park, archaeologist Chuck Bender and his family recognize evil intent lies behind the tragedies. They must risk their lives and act before the murderer makes an already deadly journey on the Colorado River through Utah's red rock wilderness even deadlier--or turns on them instead.
Author
Series
National parks mystery volume 2
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In a remote corner of Alaska, Investigative Services Bureau agent Felicity Harland squares off against a mysterious cult leader with potentially deadly motives when she joins with her partner, Hux, to investigate the deaths of a young couple in Gates of the Arctic National Park.
Author
Series
National parks mystery volume 3
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Agent Felicity Harland investigates a stabbing murder at a new hotel at Pinnacles National Park and searches for a missing hiker to see if the cases are connected.