Their search for Cara’s father will lead into the Cascade Mountains, up a harrowing rock face, and navigating through time as Nat and Cara explore the history of World War II with the impact of Pearl Harbor and its Japanese Incarceration Camps, Cara’s family, and each other. And unfortunately, the only person who knows enough about Friedrichs to make sense of any of this is Nat. While trying to track him down, she discovers a trail of clues centering around the history and life of the legendary mountaineer, outdoorsman, author, and all around dirtbag, Beckett Friedrichs. So it’s the perfect time to leave, and she has big plans for a gap year to rock-climb in Patagonia.īut when Cara hears that her father is actually missing, things change. Jennifer Bradbury is an English teacher living in Burlington, Washington. To make matters worse, her ex-boyfriend and fellow climber, Nat, has popped back into town after breaking up with her over text. She is growing distant from her friends and hasn’t spoken to her father in eons. And anyway, home just doesn’t fit anymore. Unlike her best friends, she doesn’t want to go to college, she wants different kinds of challenges.

Shift was picked as an ALA and a School Library Journal Best Book for Young. After his father dies from consumption, 12-year-old Elias, suffering from the same disease, is sent from eastern Virginia to live inside Kentucky's Mammoth Cave. Jennifer Bradbury is the author of the middle grade novel River Runs Deep and of several critically acclaimed young adult novels, including A Moment Comes, Wrapped, and her debut, Shift-which Kirkus Reviews called 'fresh, absorbing, compelling' in a starred review. Two teens uncover a secret hidden in the Cascade Mountains that spans generations, stringing together family skeletons, lost stories, and a discovery of love and self in this tense and emotional young adult thriller.Ĭara is on the cusp of adventure. Bradbury uses an odd historical fact to jump-start a story about the Underground Railroad.

River Runs Deep by Jennifer Bradbury