Wilder Good: The Elk Hunt

100-page paperback / 5" x 8" / ISBN 9781589880870 / Publication Date: August 2013 "If you like Hank, you'll like Wilder Good, too."—John R. Erickson, author of Hank the Cowdog "Given the dearth of material on the topic and the readability of the text, this slim novel will be appreciated."—Kirkus Reviews "Favorites of 2013"—Glen Dromgoole,Texas Reads "Earnest and technical."—The Wall Street Journal Lamplighter Finalist 2015-16 (Triple Crown Awards) Meet 12-year-old Wilder Good, who lives with his parents and little sister, Molly, in a small town in southern Colorado. When he's lucky, he gets to go hunting with Gale Loving, a 72-year-old elder at the church the Goods attend, and a good friend and mentor to Wilder. They make sort of an odd pair, an old man and a boy, but they fit together pretty well in the outdoors. (Though sometimes Wilder still can't help but wonder what kind of a name "Gale" is for a grown man.) Wilder plays basketball, is active in his 4-H club, likes to read—his he