The The Lola Dérez S.T.E.M. Mysteries - Book 2

Book excerpt: Episode 3: The Cave Island Menace Needing a break from the city's midsummer heat wave, Lola Derez and her family travel to a National Park for their first camping experience. But the peaceful weekend is ruined when the natural environment becomes a dangerous menace to a group of campers! Lola has to choose whether or not to be selfless and take risks she's never taken before. Can she remember what she learned about rocks and minerals in time to save a helpless family from a horrible tragedy on Cave Island? Episode 4: The Ghost-Horse Rescue Lola Derez is invited to visit the O'Connor family she tried to help on Cave Island. Lola arrives to a strange world of horse ranches, pickup trucks, and strange accents. Things in the country town of Porkoopsie are completely different from Ciudad City! And she learns that her "friend" Becky O'Connor is out of town, so...who invited Lola? When she discovers a group of ranchers stealing horses, they decide Lola must be stopped before she tells on them. Lola has to figure out whom to trust for help. Will the angry ranchers capture Lola, or will she find the town's sheriff in time to rescue the stolen animals...and save herself?