When a tiger gets loose while the Acorns, a group of talented high school students, is visiting a wildlife refuge, it is only the first in a series of dangerous mishaps.
Anne Elaine Schraff grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. She received both her bachelor's and master's degrees from California State University at Northridge and taught high school for ten years.
Anne paid her way through college by writing short stories for magazines. Since college she has written hundreds of stories and over eighty books including historical fiction, biographies, science books, and her favorite, fictional books for young people. She is published as both Anne Schraff and Anne E. Schraff.
Her background, which she describes as "multicultural, lower middle-class neighborhood, including African Americans, Mexican Americans, Arab Americans, and Filipino Americans," is her greatest inspiration when writing.
By the author of some books in the Bluford High series which is a series of hi/lo fiction featuring urban teens. This series is called Passages to Suspense and is also hi/lo featuring urban teens. It doesn't focus on relationships as much as the Bluford series although there are relationship issues the characters are dealing with. This book was more of a suspense/mystery genre with a sprinkling of relationship issues. I think this series could be a good option for those readers who are interested in or are finished with all of the Bluford books. The answer to the mystery could be a good hook to keep them reading.