The Trouble with Heroes2025 · ContemporaryNCTE Notable Verse Novel 2026Charlotte Huck Honor 2026ALSC Notable Children's Book 2026
Finn Connelly, still grieving his firefighter father who died two years ago, is caught on camera knocking over a headstone. To avoid charges, he agrees to climb all forty-six Adirondack High Peaks in one summer, bringing along the dead woman's dog.