A girl tackles a vacation filled with mystery, treasure, and learning to be her true self in this middle grade âfrothy summer adventureâĻwhich bristles with gentle thrills and chillsâ (Publishers Weekly) thatâs a modern-day Holes set on a dusty dude ranch in Montana.
Becca Solowayâs perfect summer goes up in smoke when her mom flees a looming divorce by dragging Becca to a Montana resort. To make matters worse, her momâs hasty booking lands them not at a spa, but an aging dude ranch called Far Away.
Becca is miserable until she meets the wranglerâs son, Jon, who shows her what might be the first clue to a century-old mystery: the lost treasure of a Robin Hoodâlike outlaw known as Pearlhandle Pete.
As they slowly uncover the true history of Pete, venture into the mountains, search haunted ghost towns, and are threatened by a treasure-hunter-social-media-star, Becca discovers that treasure is in the eye of the beholder and the important things in life are always worth fighting for.