Rock Steady: 2 (Ecowarriors)

The ecowarriors are back! Samantha Steadman and her best friends -- smart-mouthed Jessie Delaney and politicians daughter Nomusa Gule -- are back at boarding school in grade nine. And this year theyre up against a whole new set of challenges. Their creepy new science teacher takes delight in tormenting Sam and shes started counting and checking everything in a way that has her friends worried about her sanity. Add to that Sams determination to uncover and stop the illegal trade in San rock art a blossoming new romance (or two) and a dangerous survival competition in the mountains which will endanger the trios lives and the girls will need all their wits and courage to stand steady. Exciting and funny this feel-good story will appeal to tweens and younger teens. Rock Steady is the second book in the Ecowarriors series but can also be read as a standalone novel.