Sands of the scorpion

By Bear Grylls

Subjects: Deserts, Survival, Desert survival, Juvenile fiction, Beck Granger (Fictitious character)

Description: Mission: Survival. Location: The Sahara Desert. Dangers: Diamond smugglers; heatstroke; scorpions. After being forced to parachute out of a smugglers' plane, teenage adventurer Beck Granger is about to face his toughest survival challenge yet - the Sahara Desert. Blistering sun, shifting sand dunes, and no water for hundreds of miles....Can he survive the heat and make it out alive?