Follow Josh Landis and his friends as they explore the beautiful but dangerous California wilderness in the High Sierra Adventure Series. In Book 2, "Everything happened all at once--the lightning bolt, the landscape lit up all around, the sight of the cougar padding along the road.
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Jeff Nesbit has 20 years of strategic communications, marketing, and public policy experience. He is the president of The Shiloh Group--a strategic communications firm founded in 1992--and has written 17 inspirational novels for children and adults. Shiloh's focus has been strategic partnerships, marketing launches, multi-level communications, and public relations campaigns. For instance, Shiloh helped form an outside advisory board and strategic partnerships that helped launch the Discovery Health Channel; it helped the Pew Charitable Trusts launch its national center on genetically engineered foods; and it helped Yale University launch several domestic and international public affairs initiatives. In addition, Shiloh owns a Christian radio station in Toronto, Canada; is a 50/50 joint venture partner with the leading virtual Internet Service Provider (ISP) in the U.S.; and has strategic marketing partnerships with Discovery Communications, Digital Media Broadcasting Corp., and others. Shiloh's clients include national non-profits, Fortune 500 firms, trade associations, media companies, medical institutions, high-tech firms and biotechnology startups such as the Discovery Health Channel, the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology, Yale University, American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, American Red Cross, Harvard Business School, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Kaiser Family Foundation, Inova Health Systems, Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, SmartBrief.com, Wireless Technology Research, Grocery Manufacturers of America, Eli Lilly, Dow Corning, Bristol Myers-Squibb, Procter & Gamble, and Boston Consulting Group, as well as start-up biotech or high-tech firms such as Molecular Delivery, Epitope, Biocontrol, Aardex, and Avanir. From 1989-1991, Nesbit was the associate commissioner for public affairs to FDA Commissioner David Kessler, M.D., at the Food and Drug Administration. He left the FDA in 1991 to become former Vice President Dan Quayle's communications director, where he served as chief spokesman for the White House's regulatory policy council. He was also a special assistant for public affairs to Secretary of Labor Elizabeth Dole in 1989, and prior to that, press secretary to then-Senator Dan Quayle. Nesbit was a Washington journalist from 1981 to 1987. He was a Washington correspondent for Knight-Ridder Newspapers--the second-largest national newspaper chain in the United States and owner of the "Philadelphia Inquirer," the "Miami Herald," the "Detroit Free Press," and the "San Jose Mercury News" from 1984 to 1987. Prior to that, he was a reporter for States News Service (a regional wire service distributed by the New York Times); editor of Ralph Nader's "Public Citizen" magazine; an editorial assistant at ABC News' Satellite News Channels; and a writer for syndicated columnist Jack Anderson. In addition, he was a reporter for newspapers in Virginia and South Carolina from 1980-1981. Nesbit earned a bachelor's degree in religion from Duke University in 1979 and completed his master's course work in journalism (but not his thesis) at the University of Illinois. He was the 1978 Atlantic Coast Conference long jump champion and captain of Duke's track-and-field team. He has written 17 inspirational novels for children and adults, including The Capital Conspiracy and The Insider. He is also the volunteer coordinator of three-time major league soccer champion D.C. United's youth development program. With his wife, Casey, he runs a sport-horse farm in historic Waterford, Virginia. They have three children--Joshua (17), Elizabeth (15), and Daniel (11). Josh is the goalkeeper for one of D.C. United's youth soccer teams, which won a national championship in 2001. Elizabeth's Potomac Valley Vogues AAU basketball team also won a national title in 2001. All three play elite club soccer on teams that have won six Virginia State Cup titles.
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"Cougar Chase" stresses the life of a boy.,
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This review is from: Cougar Chase (High Sierra Adventure Series) (Paperback)
"Cougar Chase" stresses the life of a boy, and many adventures he finds himself in with a good friend named Ashley Deaton. It also focuses on him fitting in to his new home in the high Sierra Mountains. Josh has always been moving with his family consistently, so friends are not easily made or kept for Josh. He has however found a home he likes and has made, a great friend with Ashley Deaton, a girl that lives next door to him. However Josh and Ashley always are going into adventures, because Josh's dad works for the Forestry Ranger Service. One of the most interesting adventures that Josh and Ashley become involved in is the Cougar Chase.The author is trying to stress three main topics in this book. The first is how hard it is for a twelve year old boy, to fit into a town that is entirely new to him. The second point that is focused upon is friendship. The book spends a great deal of time evolving around Josh and Ashley's dedicated friendship with one another. The third main issue is the overall fitting in of Josh, and his attitude toward it. Josh has a step dad which he really doesn't except at first, but then after really going through some tough times, Josh realizes that his step dad, Mark, really loves both him and his mom. Overall, the author was trying to stress the importance of friends, love for your family, and bonding are all important factors you must have to be a family.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Cougar Chase,
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This review is from: Cougar Chase (High Sierra Adventure Series) (Paperback)
The book Cougar Chase was very good. It was exciting and suspenseful. One of my favorite parts was when Josh and Ashley were searching for the cougar. They looked into a cave after they heard a noise and a fox popped out and scared them! I enjoyed reading about Josh's adventures when he snuck out of the house in search of the "Gray Cougar." The only part I did not like was when the kids accidentally shot the gray cougar's cub. I recommend this book to anyone between the ages of 11-15.
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