Bella Bella [Hardcover]

From best-selling author Jonathan London comesBella Bella, the heart-pounding sequel toDesolation Canyon. Thirteen-year-olds Aaron and Lisa and their fathers and seventeen-year-old Cassidy and his dad embark on a sea kayaking trip through the Inside Passage that brings them unexpected and even terrifying adventures.

Young readers will eagerly follow Aarons adventures in this suspenseful page turner, as he learns to navigate a kayak, discovers another side to a bully, shares a first kiss, encounters the desperate world of human trafficking, and challenges an evil smuggler who threatens the entire group.

Advertising: Ingram E-Comm to bookstores, schools, and libraries.Awards: National Battle of the Books, CBC Notables and Children's Choice, NCTE Reluctant Readers listsEvents: Author and illustrator booksignings and school visits in California.Materials: Advance Reader Copies, shelf talkers, reader study questions.Online: Feature on www.jonathan-london.net, GraphicArtsBooks.com, Facebook fan page.Promo: Goodreads, Indie Advance Access giveaways, submitted to PW for YA/Children's featurePublicity: Targeted Regional and national print and broadcast interviews based on timely news hooks.Reviews: Targeted reviews in regional, national book trade and education, select environment, travel, outdoor, nature, and parenting and childrens media.Sales: Special sales promotions to kayak outfitters that book family float trips.Tradeshows: PNBACHAPTER TEN: THE SEA WOLFCassidy swore. Lisa grabbed my armor did I grab hers? The Sea Wolf moved slowly against the low stars. How did they know we were here?The smoke from our fire!They must have seen it from miles away. Luckily the fire had long been drowned by the tide, and our kayaks were drawn up into the forest, hidden from the sea.We held still. Silent. The boat rose and fell with the swells and motored slowly down the beach.I was about to relax when it turned around, just beyond the surf, and the splC*