This thrilling series roars back to life with the release of Mystery #13, Night of the Black Bear.
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Night of the Black Bear is a fast-paced narrative treat filled with vivid descriptions of the natural, scientific, and cultural phenomena of Great Smoky Mountains National Park; a page-turner that will put this popular National Park high on the vacation wish-list of all young readers.
This breathtaking new adventure features an afterword by a Park naturalist on Black bear behavior and the problems caused by tourists feeding wildlife.
Tensions mount when Merle is caught in a lie--a lie that leads straight to the heart-pounding solution.
But a heated argument over ancestral land rights puts the Landon kids in the middle of a clash of cultures.
Can the Landons help? Soon Jack and Ashley are searching for answers with their new friends Yonah Firekiller, a 16-year-old Cherokee boy, and 14-year-old Merle Chapman, whose family once lived on Park land.
Officials must figure out what\'s causing the bizarre bear behavior or close the park.
A teenage girl is the latest victim in a growing number of bear attacks.
Something very strange is going on in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
This thrilling series roars back to life with the release of Mystery #13, Night of the Black Bear
