Wilderness Ella

Boots is missing-and nine-year-old Ella is the only one who notices.

Every summer, on the very first day at Camp Wilderness, Boots the camp cat finds Ella. Every single summer, without fail. This year, she doesn't.

While the rest of camp is busy with syrup fights and unpacked trunks, Ella teams up with her two best friends - fearless Brianna and hilariously cautious Madison- and starts following clues: a strange paw print by the equipment shed, an empty windowsill at the camp store, a fox den tucked beneath old oak roots. Ranger Riley won't solve it for them. He just keeps asking one question: What do you notice?

The deeper the girls go into the woods around Camp Wilderness, the clearer it becomes: Boots didn't wander off by accident. She had a reason for disappearing - and it's a bigger discovery than anyone expected.

Boots Goes Missing is Book One in the Wilderness Ella series - a cozy early chapter-book mystery for kids ages 6-9 who are ready to graduate from picture books into their first real chapter-book series. Enjoy fresh camp air, woods, a real cat, real animal facts, and a friend group worth reading about, wrapped in gentle mystery and genuine kindness.

Parents, grandparents, teachers, and homeschool families choose Wilderness Ella because it:

• Builds reading confidence with short chapters
• Full-color illustrations at every key story moment
• Feeds natural curiosity with real, kid-friendly wildlife facts woven right into the story
• Models real friendship, healthy independence, and problem-solving - without an adult swooping in to fix everything
• Keeps the mystery genuinely gentle: no danger, no scares, just discovery