From the author of Off Trail comes a hilarious mystery about what happens when a chilling trip leads to a lost fortune.\nNate and Lily knew their mother was different. All it took was a hunch or a bad feeling and the family would be uprooted and moving to a different apartment or even a different town. But when the two are torn out of their life in the ritzy North Bay for the summer and dropped in "the Mississippi of California" on the Sacramento River Delta, Nate Caldwell and his sister Lily see it as one more move in a series of lurching disruptions driven by their mother's suspicion that something or someone is after them.\nWhen they settle into life around their uncle's House of Illusion roadside attraction, Nate meets Mia—who makes all the girls he knew in the North Bay seem shallow and dull—and begins to connect with local teens who couldn't be more different than the privileged classmates he left behind.\nIt's not until they learn that the story behind the attraction is more than just a tale for the tourists that Nate begins to figure out what drove his mother's suspicious nature.\n“An engaging and moving blend of comedy, suspense, and a well-defined male teen voice." —Kirkus Reviews

The Attraction: House of Illusion

Teen & Young Adult

Polito, Rick

Literature & Fiction

Wise Wolf Books

Review\n"Debut author Polito writes excellent dialogue, nailing his wiseass teenagers' snarky observations ... An entertaining, comic, but also thoughtful coming-of-age tale." - Kirkus ReviewsRick Polito's "Off Trail" is a spit-out-your-drink, laugh-out-loud riot while also being a heartwarming coming of age journey and a perfect snapshot of the early 1980s. You'll want to go off the beaten path for this one!" -- Lee Matthew Goldberg, author of THE ANCESTOR, THE MENTOR and THE RUNAWAY TRAIN series.\nA laugh-out-loud coming of age story of one teen’s preposterous experience in a wilderness therapy program. 
Daniel grew up in the shadow of his older sister, the brash, self-assured, and utterly reckless Jackie, now living with her dirtbag boyfriend and wandering through dead-end jobs. When his parents find her marijuana stash in his closet and decide they do not want him to turn out like his sister, Daniel suffers the “trickle-down parenting” effect and is sent to Quest Trail. 
Surrounded by other similarly uprooted teens, Daniel endures a series of preposterous self-discovery exercises and gets caught up in a rivalry with Troy, a too-tough poser, as they vie for the attention of Vera, a charismatic California teen who grew up with too much money and not enough emotional connection. 
Just as Daniel’s confidence begins to grow and things start to look up, the Quest Trail program dissolves into complete chaos. 
Sometimes humorous, sometimes painful, Off Trail shows an authentic account of all the embarrassing and heart-wrenching moments of being a teen.

Off Trail

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The Attraction: House of Illusion

Off Trail