Twelve-year-old Ali is unsure about joining her brother and their reality-show celebrity father, Survivor Guy, on location and disappointed when she learns how much of the show is fake, but heroic when wildfire strikes.
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<div><b>In this funny, action-packed middle grade novel from the author of the American Girl <i>Luciana</i> books, Alison gets invited to be on her dad’s reality show, <i>Survivor Guy</i>, and faces important realities about her family, self-reliance, and learning to work together with friends. </b><br><br>12-year-old Ali adores her reality-show celebrity father, Survivor Guy, and hopes to follow in his footsteps. But when he invites her on location, Ali is sure she won’t survive one episode<i> . . . </i>until she learns the truth: The show isn't just her dad and a camera. It’s a huge crew and set, with stunt doubles! When a wildfire strikes and Ali and two other kids miss the last rescue helicopter, suddenly, the fight for survival is real. Will she find the self-confidence she needs so they can work together and get out of the wilderness alive?<br><br> STEM themes and plot strands about body image and divorce are subtly woven into this page-turning tale.</div>
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