Scouts

It's the summer before 7th grade, and Annie and her friends are getting ready to go on the first big camping trip of the season.  Their town in the Tennessee mountains isn't big enough for a Boy Scout troup, so they just call themselves the scouts and have adventures.

They settle in the watch the meteor shower, when something strange happens.  Something...a meteor...maybe something else streaks through the sky much too close for comfort.  They decide to try to find the meteor, so they can maybe claim a reward. 

Only Annie knows that Beans and his mom are about to lose their house and have to move.  Maybe they can use the reward money to save his home.

Fynn and Rocky are fighting because even though they've been friends for years, they aren't sure how they feel about their parents dating.

Plus, Fynn brought his stupid cousin Scarlett, who is such a girl.  This was supposed to be a great adventure, but everyone is fighting.

They will have to figure out how to work together as they travel through woods and caves and meet bears and skeletons in search of their prize  There's also the Mason Mountain Clan who may or may not exist, and who may or may not kill them all if they catch them! 

Shannon Greenland's book is a wacky adventure that goes on just a little too long.  I'm not the target audience for this, but I was ready for it to be over about 50 pages before the end.  Plus, the mysterious falling object is never really explained.  It wasn't for me, but I can see an audience for this book.