Wilder Good: Heartwood Mountain

The Adventures of Wilder Good #8
206-page paperback / 5" x 8" / ISBN 9781589881839
Publication Date: 12/5/23 

Winner of the Western Heritage Award for Juvenile Book

"Written in the spirit of Hatchet and My Side of the Mountain . . . this Christian novel has a lot to say about being moral and honest without being heavy handed." 
―Roundup Magazine, Western Writers of America

When thirteen-year-old Wilder and his friends Sunny and Corndog go down to the river for a horse ride, something panics Corndog into running away. Wilder and Sunny reluctantly return home without him, and the next day a strange man comes to Wilder’s house looking for Corndog. He seems to know an awful lot about the small, red-haired, foster kid's past. So Wilder, Sunny, and another friend, Big, set out to find Corndog before someone else does. If they succeed, can the group of friends convince Corndog to trust the world enough to rejoin it? 

Praise for S. J. Dahlstrom and the "Adventures of Wilder Good" series:

“If you like Hank, you’ll like Wilder Good, too.”
―John R. Erickson, author of Hank the Cowdog

“Dahlstrom’s superb writing takes Wilder through those anxiety-producing years between childhood and adulthood, when life’s simplest and most important lessons are learned.”
―Forbes

“Very family-oriented, very wholesome.”
―Lone Star Literary Life

Learn more about Wilder at wildergood.com and read his running journal entries about wild stuff.

S. J. Dahlstrom lives and writes in West Texas. He has numerous magazine credits for his writing and photography. The Adventures of Wilder Good is his first series. His writing draws on his experiences as a cowboy, husband, father, and founder of a boys' ranch.