September marks National Wilderness Month, a 30-day celebration of the beauty, biodiversity, and magic of our natural landscapes. Each year millions of people visit wilderness
areas and national parks to hike, camp, sketch scenery, and create lasting memories with friends and family. If venturing out into the wild isn't in the cards this fall, these books offer adventure, romance, and scary thrills.
In The Great Outdoors, Sadie signs up for a guided wilderness tour after her boyfriend breaks up with her for being "high-maintenance." As she journeys through the High Sierras of California with handsome tour guide August, Sadie begins to wonder if she's an outdoorsy girl after all--in the right company.
When a young Tlingit man seriously injures his leg in a work accident, his NBA dreams are ruined, and he decides to embark on a canoe trip with his grandfather Keb and his friends. As the group canoes further into the Alaskan wilderness, grandfather and grandson each work through questions of identity and purpose at their respective stages in life. Jimmy Bluefeather is a sweeping exploration of Tlingit culture and the healing powers of family and nature.
Single, workaholic Clara Millen is forced to take a week-long sabbatical when her burnout becomes noticeable. After years of skipping out on the annual tradition, she decides to take One Last Summer trip to the camp she attended with her best friends as teenagers. The arrival of Clara's first kiss and a camp rival is an unwelcome surprise, but as the week goes on, the sparks between them cause Clara to rethink her decisions about her career and her connection with her friends.
In Backstabbers, best friends Stef, Jade, and Zoe hike Washington State's Bones Hollow trail while listening to a true crime podcast about a serial killer who once used the same trail to hunt young women. When the trio ventures off-trail in search of a waterfall, Stef twists her ankle and the friends resolve to continue on through the woods to find a different way back to the trail, and come across a lone cabin.
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