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Author: Shannon Greenland

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Scouts is a story about a group of kids who refer to themselves as the 'scouts' venture off into the woods to track down the remains of a fallen meteor.

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Annie: Main character and only girl in the scouts group.
Beans: Scouts member who is known for his jaw-dropping inventions and brains.
Rocky: Scouts member that enjoys athletic activities.
Fynn: Scouts member who is an only child.
Scarlet: Fynn's cousin who joins the scout's camping trip.
Edge: A new older kid who lives in town that stumbles across the scouts in the woods.

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A close group of friends who refer to themselves as the 'scouts' go on a camping trip the summer before 7th grade. While enjoying the night at the silo, the scouts watch an meteor fall from the sky and estimate that it's location is close enough to explore. They wonder if alien remains will be found.

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Upon looking for the fallen meteor, the kids stumble across a cave close by that has the remains of who they believe to be the farmer, Old Man Basinger. Shortly after, they run into a family that kidnaps them, locks them in their dirty shed, and takes their belongs. This includes Beans personal map towards the meteor's location.

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Rocky and Edge are able to free the rest of the scouts from the shed, however, the race is now on! The scouts get a move on to beat the Mason family to the meteor. Without a map, the scouts follow silver dust that had shed from the meteor on its descent to earth. Among the silver dust, they find a bright silver sphere that seems ominous.

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Edge has found and kept two mystery meteor balls in his backpack while Beans and Annie secretly keep a silver ball with them. Annie and Beans hope the ball is worth money after this adventure is said and done.

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In the woods, the scouts find another silver ball and the Mason family. After an intense argument, the scouts and Masons are met by the US military forces who seem to come just in time for the four silver balls to explode at once.

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The scouts discover that the strange balls were apart of the military's testing of surveillance technologies. Although they were not meant to explode, the military assures the scouts that there was no possibility of extraterrestrials. Even so, upon leaving the woods, Annie swears she saw a small green alien standing in the woods.

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This is a fun adventurous story that reminds me a lot of the The Goonies, with a sprinkle of  Strangers Things. It includes humor, suspense, and sci-fi related content. This is a coming of age story that teaches its audience the value of friendship and trust.