Max and the Great Oregon Fire is a thrilling novella for young readers: thirteen-year-old Max takes a family trip to Oregon to visit his grandparents for the summer. While Max's country vacation begins with an exhilarating white water rafting adventure, it ends with Max and his ill-equipped family running for their lives from a raging inferno that threatens them all. Also includes the short stories The Slippery, Slimy Eel and Drexel's Mad House of Terror. J.S. Lender lives in Southern California, and this is his fifth book.