A Different Kind of Wild
Jo Alvarez has one chance to prove she belongs: finish an elite wilderness navigation race and keep the scholarship that could change her future. But at Drywash Gate, she finds the route locked, the road to a seasonal-worker settlement closing, and a water shed marked for eviction. As the championship pushes deeper into the canyonlands, Jo discovers that the academy's polished course was built from her grandmother's uncredited maps. The organizers call the closures stewardship. Jo sees who is being asked to wait outside the gate, without water, safety coverage, or a voice in the rules. With a storm moving in and the finish line within reach, Jo must decide what winning means. A Different Kind of Wild is a propulsive contemporary YA adventure about high-desert routes, family memory, friendship under pressure, and the courage to make a map wide enough for everyone.
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Gate at Drywash
The gate had a new padlock on it, bright brass against the sun-bleached chain.
Everything else at Drywash Gate looked old enough to have forgotten who put it there: two crooked steel posts, a cattle guard full of bottle caps, the low wash beyond it drawn white by heat. The course map said the service road continued another six miles before it bent north toward Red Table. My thumb traced that line through the plastic sleeve.
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