New York: Scholastic, (2015) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book, for middle grade children. "Mark is a normal kid. He's got a dog named Beau and a best friend, Jessie. He likes to take photos and he dreams of climbing a mountain one day. But in one important way, Mark is not like other kids at all. Mark is sick. The kind of sick that means hospitals. And treatments. The kind of sick some people never get better from. So Mark runs away. He leaves home with his camera, his notebook, his dog, and a plan to reach the top of Mount Rainier - even if it's the last thing he ever does." 229 pp. ISBN: 978-0545665735.