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Three sisters spend an adventure-filled summer in the West Coast wilderness, exploring rock quarries, escaping bear attacks, and fighting over space in the backseat of the family pickup truck. It's the summer of 1990, and Amy (age 11), Beth (age 9), and Marion (age 6) are in for the family vacation of a lifetime. No, they're not going Disneyland, Hawaii, or on a Caribbean cruise. No, they're not flying to Germany to collect pieces of the Berlin Wall. They will be looking at rocks, though. Lots of rocks. So many rocks. You see, when your father is a geologist, that's what you do on your summer vacation (as the author knows from her own childhood road trips with her geologist father). You drive for days to the British ColumbiaYukon border, strapped in the backseat of the family truck with your sisters, fighting over the Gameboy, listening to your parents tell you ""fascinating"" facts about the scenery, playing the Little Mermaid soundtrack on a loop, and trying not to get elbowed in the face. Doesn't that sound like a dream vacation? Well, it's no luxury trip, but it has its highlights-from camping under the stars to wading in natural hot springs to flying a helicopter! And for Amy, Beth, and Marion, the memories they make along the way will last a lifetime. At least that's what their parents tell them...

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""A family trip that's packed with entertainment and the making of memories."" —Wanda Taylor, award-winning author of The Grover School Pledge and A Recipe for Rhyme and Rescue “Humorous and heartfelt, Summer of Rocks perfectly captures the voices of three sisters, each with her own hopes and fears, on a family road trip into the wilderness.” —Jean Mills, award-winning author of After the Wallpaper Music “A rocky road trip through the wilds of northern Canada drives three sisters closer in this uplifting tale.” —Karen Bass, award-winning author of Blood Donor and The Hill

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Jenna Greene is an author of YA and children’s fiction, best known for the award-winning Reborn Marks series and the CBC Books recommended An Owl Without a Name. When not writing, she can be found in the classroom, teaching Grades 1 and 2. For more information, visit jennagreene.ca.

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