Goodreads asked Rick Polito:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Rick Polito When I was a newspaper reporter, a photographer and I followed a group of "at-risk" high school students through a semester of "experiential education." One of the things they did was backpack in Death Valley. I saw that dynamic and thought it was a good backdrop to a book. I just couldn't figure what the rest of the book was about. Eventually I decided to just start writing and see what happened.

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