The Trail Diaries
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Ms. Rosen’s already seated in the room, just like I assumed. “Boys”, she says happily, “come on in”. There’s a vacant bench right in the front of the class, so Alex and I rush to grab it . “As I was telling the class just now, I have a special announcement to make. Every four years, we send a team of four middle schoolers to the mysterious Silver Trail, more specifically to the world-renowned Everest Laboratories, all expenses paid. You’ll be on a research trip to do one job: Design an attractive and affordable monument for the trail. If the panel of experts like the design, your sketches have the chance to transform into reality. This is only the third time we’re doing this. The last two teams have failed to accomplish the deed. Let’s see if this year’s four can do any better. Which brings me to the announcement I know most of you are dying to hear about – the names of the lucky four! I am pleased to announce that the majority of the team has been chosen from this homeroom. So, if your name is called, please don’t panic, and do stand up. I expect the rest of you to give a round of applause as I call out each name. Please don’t swarm them. Understood?” “Yes, Ms. Rosen,” the class choruses.
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About the Book
Meryl Curtis, her sister Flora, Sam Felton, and Alex Ray are chosen for a special research trip to the Silver Trail by their teachers. However, a simple school trip soon turns nasty. The kids never could have suspected that the Trail would be much less silver than it would be sinister. The mayhem begins when Sam’s beloved husky, Howl, is abducted. The boys both suspect the same person: the one who’s supposed to be guiding them. Their suspicions are further confirmed when Meryl finds a strange diary filled with letters written by their so-called guide, detailing her, her sister’s, and her friends’ lives. Aided only by a few mysterious forces called Eternal Spirits and a nature-loving inhabitant of the Trail, Ann Mason, the group must face clever, powerful enemies to save Silver Trail. That’s only the beginning, though, as they soon discover an entire hidden world.
About the Author
Amyra Chavan (11 years old currently) has been reading since she was three years old. She has written several articles for her school magazines, drafting writeups for school plays. Amyra wishes to contribute to the legacy of authors who have inspired her and teach the next generation to believe, think, and feel the grandiosity of nature and this world.