Geo caching is like hide and seek. There are over 1 million geocaches hidden all over the glove. Muggles - non-geocachers - can pass right by a cache without even knowing its there. Chase is embarking on his first solo geocache. His dad gave him a GPS for his 14th birthday and, getting some free from time from his mom & stepdad's store, he sets off in the White Mountains of Arizona on his bike with his dog, Dexter, to find the treasure. He is successful. Inside the metal ammo case, Chase finds a notebook for recording his find, what he takes, and what he leaves behind. He realizes that the cache has been muggled. Some items are lying outside the box and the notebook contains the entry "WE NE". Chase wonders what this means. Monitoring the cache, Chase happens upon two dirty boys, brothers, ages 9 or 10 and 7 or 8, named Sam & Jack. He thinks they and their father are homeless and decides to help the boys. Comments by the boys lead Chase to visit several child search sites on the internet. He discovers that their father has kidnapped them. Again he tries to help.
Mark Twain Award Preliminary Nominee 2012-13
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