Cindy L. Rodriguez creëert verhalen voor jonge volwassenen, waarbij ze vaak thema's als persoonlijke worstelingen en mentaal welzijn verkent. Haar stijl is diep introspectief en biedt lezers een intiem inkijkje in de psyche van haar personages. Rodriguez put uit haar ervaring als opvoeder om ervoor te zorgen dat haar verhalen resoneren met de dringende problemen waarmee hedendaagse tieners worden geconfronteerd. Haar werk onderscheidt zich door de authentieke weergave van emotionele landschappen en de reis naar begrip en hoop.
Percy Fawcett was a mapmaker and an adventurer. In the early 1900s, he spent years mapping out the jungles of South America. Fawcett became obsessed with the idea of a lost city of gold hidden deep in the jungle. At the age of 57, Fawcett, his 21-year-old son Jack, and Jack's friend Raleigh Rimell left on a quest to find the Lost City of Z. The three men were never heard from again. Untangle the clues they left behind.
On 6 May 1996, dozens of excited climbers set off to scale Mount Everest and reach the highest point on Earth. On the morning of 10 May, the skies were clear. The summit was in sight. But hours later, a terrible storm hit. Eight climbers died as they became trapped near the peak. What went wrong, and how did the survivors manage to make it back alive?