About the Book

Book: Off The Rails – A Wilderness Survival Adventure

Author: Susan Count

Genre: Children’s Fiction

Just because your cousin jumps from a train in the wilderness doesn’t mean you should too.

After planning a fun experience for a year, two Texas cousins make their first trip to Montana. When their train stalls, the boys leap from it into the white wilderness, beginning a perilous run for their lives.

As a blizzard hits, the boys spend a miserable night trying not to freeze. They struggle along the tracks to find shelter, but a disaster leaves them exposed to the elements and every famished wild creature.

Frustrated by their too-real situation, Davy and Anderson struggle to endure. Instead of vacationers at a wolf sanctuary, they become players in an unplanned survival experience.

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"Off The Rails" – A Wilderness Survival Adventure by Susan Count was a book written for boys ages 8-12 but this 66-year grandma enjoyed it as well. I had to keep turning the pages because I had to see how the adventure ended. The two boys are cousins and wanted to save a wild baby animal who was caught in a trap and that isn't the only danger they face. They even help solved an old mystery, but this book isn't a mystery. This book even had a few pictures that slightly older readers would enjoy. I would definitely stress to children that this book is definitely fiction and even through everything turned out well in the story except the cabin (you'll have to read the book to know why I say except the cabin) that in real life jumping from a train and entering the wilderness probably won't have a happy ending, I say this because we all know children who love animals and adventure might want to try this if given the chance. I am thinking of several boys that I know that would try to be like the boys in this story that would if they thought it would be ok in the end! You could even have a discussion on what to do if they have something like this come up in their future!

I received a complimentary copy from the author and Celebrate Lit and these opinions are my own.

About the Author

Susan Count writes for the joy and entertainment of young readers. She is an Amazon best-selling, award-winning author of the Dream Horse Adventures Series, Dream Pony Riders Series, and Texas Boys Adventures.

She prefers to create stories in a quiet zone. Out her window, her mind wanders through the forest and keeps her in a grateful, contented state of being. Susan writes at a fabulous antique desk that has secret compartments filled with memories, mysteries, and story ideas. As a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, and American Christian Fiction Writers, she takes studying the craft of writing seriously.

Susan confesses to being overly fond of brownies, and horseback riding on forest trails. She is a lifelong equestrian and is owned by a Rocky Mountain Horse.

Her newest release, Off The Rails – A Wilderness Survival Adventure was written for her four grandboys who wanted an adventure of their own. What’s a fairy grandmother to do but wave her magic pen and create.

More from Susan

Ten of my novels are horse books for girls. On the rare occasions that I do a book sales table, I’m inevitable asked if I’ve written any books for boys. So, I wrote this two book series (Texas Boys Adventures) because you asked and kept asking. You and my four grandsons. Finding wholesome books that will engage 8- to 12-year-old boys is a parental challenge.

I’m so old school. Let the kids keep their childhood for as long as possible. I believe in protecting their young hearts and minds. Give them adventures where they learn to build friendships and be the hero of their own stories. Capture their interest and then

encourage and strengthen them to grow into the arrows they are destined to be.

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