Rescue in the Wild is a Smoky Mountain Stickboy adventure book. School’s out for the summer and eleven-year-old Evan Mace is elated. Along with his best friend, Mica Habber, Evan is ready to spend the summer rock-hopping, roaming the woods, and splashing in Hickory Creek. Evan’s Border collie, Boone, will join in the fun. And, though at first Evan and Mica are repulsed by the idea, a new girl resident of the Hickory Creek Cove community, Charu Roundtree, is about to turn the twosome into a threesome. Of course, all three will have to deal with the community bully—Bruce, “the Moose,” Meckel—who is determined to take the fun out of their summer. Evan’s father, Jonathan Mace is a Ranger in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. In fact, the Mace land is only separated from the Park by Hickory Creek. Though Evan believes himself too grown-up to believe in magic, he is forced to change his opinion when he finds an unusual stick that obeys his commands. THE STICK eventually assists in the search for Molly, a little girl who becomes lost in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Get ready; adventure ahead!