Bøker av Chinle Miller

While camping in Glacier National Park, eleven-year-old Rosie wakes to smoke and chaos, and though she and her family manage to escape a raging forest fire, she soon discovers her young pup, Freckles, has run away in panic!Rosie and her little brother, Dylan, and little sister, Cricket, begin the search for the dog, but they quickly find much more than they bargained for in the shape of a huge grizzly protecting her cubs. That's just the beginning of their adventures, which include searching for a scientist who's gone missing while studying a mysterious glacier that no one else can find, even though they have its exact coordinates-where did it go?At least they have Magpie, Dylan's tuxedo comfort cat, to help show them the way, even though sometimes her way turns out to be the more hair-raising one! Through it all, Rosie finds she's much braver than she thought, as are her brother and sister, and they soon learn there's much more to the park than meets the eye in the form of wild animals and even a huge ice cave!Come join the Tuxedo Cat Kids on an adventure through Glacier that also teaches about the natural world of a most-beloved national park. A book for kids age eight and up and adventurous adults.This is the second in the Tuxedo Cat Kids Series, each book being a stand-alone read with the same central characters.Bonus: Beautiful original artwork by Cary Cox!

When eleven-year-old Rosie finds an old letter while cleaning out an attic, she and her little brother, Dylan, and little sister, Cricket, soon find themselves in the midst of a potentially dangerous treasure hunt that was designed long ago by a Moab teacher but never completed.And when they find themselves shadowed by a strange man, things get a little hairy. At least they have Magpie, Dylan's tuxedo comfort cat, to help show them the way, even though sometimes her way turns out to be the more hair-raising one! Through it all, Rosie dreams of finding the Lost Arch, a discovery that has tantalized many for years.Come join the Tuxedo Cat Kids on an adventure through Arches that also teaches about the natural world of a most-beloved national park. A book for kids age eight and up (and adventurous adults).Bonus: Beautiful artwork by Moab native Cary Cox!

While visiting Yellowstone National Park, eleven-year-old Rosie and her little brother, Dylan, and sister, Cricket, pay a visit to Old Faithful, only to find that the famous geyser is losing its steam and becoming dormant, possibly from a change in the underground system that feeds the geyser.But what would cause such a drastic change? When Rosie finds an old knife with strange symbols on its handle, she knows it may be related to the mystery, but she doesn't want to admit to taking it. And when she meets a boy her age who claims to be a descendant of a Native American who studied the geysers, she knows the knife belongs to him, but she still won't give it back. Can they make sense of the clues in an old letter from an early explorer mentioning a strange place with white cones?At least they have Magpie, Dylan's tuxedo comfort cat, to help show them the way, even though sometimes her way turns out to be the more hair-raising one! Through it all, Rosie eventually finds that she can admit to her mistakes and is much braver than she thought, as are her brother and sister, and they soon learn there's much more to the park than meets the eye.Come join the Tuxedo Cat Kids on an adventure through Yellowstone that also teaches about the natural world of a most-beloved national park. A book for kids age eight and up and adventurous adults.This is the third in the Tuxedo Cat Kids Series, each book being a stand-alone read with the same central characters. The first two are set in Arches and Glacier national parks.Bonus: Beautiful original artwork by Cary Cox!

When Utah Sheriff Bud Shumway gets an invitation from his geologist friend Shorty to accompany him to Grand Teton National Park, he has no idea that it's just the beginning of a series of mysterious happenings, from finding an empty grave high on the flanks of Teewinot Mountain to inadvertently and fervently tracking himself.Throw in an assortment of strange fossils, a dead ranger, mysterious booming noises, a mystery house run by a Scooby-Doo fan, a shady land developer, a reckless glider pilot, an eccentric campground host who lives in an old VW bus with her cat, and an overzealous ranger who would like nothing more than to arrest Bud and Howie, and who could ask for more intrigue and adventure in the majestic and mysterious high peaks of the Tetons?This is book #17 in the Bud Shumway Mystery Series.