num_pages: 336
description: When 17-year-old Rilla is busted for partying 24 hours into arriving in Yosemite National Park to live with her park ranger sister its a come-to-Jesus moment.Determined to make up for her screw-up and create a stable new home for herself Rilla charms her way into a tight-knit group of climbers. But Rilla cant help but be seduced by experiences she couldnt have imagined back home. She sets her sights on climbing El Capitan one of the most challenging routes in Yosemite and her summer becomes one harrowing and ecstatic experience after another: first climb first fall two thousand feet in the air first love. But becoming the person Rilla feels she was meant to be jeopardizes the reasons why she came to Yosemitea bright new future and a second chance at sisterhood. When her family and her future are at odds what will Rilla choose?
language: English
title: Valley Girls
publisher: Amulet Books