Three books. One big promise.
It starts with a barn full of junk in a desert town called Cedar Wash. It ends with a carnival the kids built themselves.
The Adventure Begins
Thirteen-year-old BJ loses his San Diego home to a wildfire. His family retreats to his grandfather's desert farm in Cedar Wash, in the Four Corners country of red rock, irrigation ditches, hay barns and one hardware store. BJ sees a barn full of junk. Grandpa shows him a barn full of parts. With three new friends, BJ starts inventing — and starts belonging.
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The Adventure Gets Bigger
The builds leave the barn. Longer distances, bigger machines, harder failures. The kids explore canyons, ranches and back roads, learn from neighbors and elders, and discover that the hardest part of an invention is usually the second try.
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The Inventure Carnival
Everything the kids have built, learned and repaired comes together at the Cedar Wash Inventure Carnival on Grandpa's farm. The whole community turns out, including neighboring Navajo families. Every ride, game and attraction is something the kids built themselves.
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