S.J. Dahlstrom

Adventures of Wilder Good

1 - The Elk Hunt: The Adventure Begins (Sep-2013)
2 - Texas Grit (May-2014)
3 - Wilder and Sunny (Jul-2015)
4 - The Green Colt (Nov-2016)
6 - Silverbelly (Jan-2020)
7 - Cow Boyhood (Jul-2021)
8 - Heartwood Mountain (Dec-2023)

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  The Elk Hunt: The Adventure Begins
  

  • Sep-2013
  • / Action Adventure
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  Adventures of Wilder Good - 1
  

  "If you like Hank, you'll like Wilder Good, too."John R. Erickson, author of "Hank the Cowdog"

  Meet 12-year-old Wilder Good, who lives with his parents and little sister, Molly, in a small town in southern Colorado. When he's lucky, he gets to g...

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  Texas Grit
  

  • May-2014
  • / Action Adventure
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  Adventures of Wilder Good - 2
  

  "If you like Hank, you'll like Wilder Good, too."John R. Erickson, author of"Hank the Cowdog"

  "I am a big fan of this series. Last fall I included "The Elk Hunt"in my list of favorite books of 2013, and "Texas Grit"is every bit as insightful and...

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  Wilder and Sunny
  

  • Jul-2015
  • / Action Adventure
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  Adventures of Wilder Good - 3
  

  "If you like Hank, you'll like Wilder Good, too." -- John R. Erickson, author of Hank the Cowdog

  If you've read the first two books about Wilder Good, you already know he's 12 years old and lives with his parents and little sister, Molly, in...

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  The Green Colt
  

  • Nov-2016
  • / Action Adventure
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  Adventures of Wilder Good - 4
  

  "The Green Colt is told beautifully, with grace and quiet power, and shows S. J. Dahlstrom to be a big new talent. I highly recommend this wonderful book." Nancy Plain, award-winning author and vice-president of Western Writers of America

  Twelv...

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  Black Rock Brothers
  

  • Jul-2018
  • / General Fiction
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  Every boy has it in his soul to make the big trip.Alone, into the wild.Wilder feels the call after reading about an obsidian deposit on a forgotten bluff in the Spanish Peaks Wilderness. If he can find the glassy, black, volcanic rock, he'll be able ...

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  Silverbelly
  

  • Jan-2020
  • / General Fiction
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  Adventures of Wilder Good - 6
  

  What if everything you thought about deer hunting was wrong? That the biggest deer wasn’t always the best one.
  
  Wilder is back on his grandad’s ranch in West Texas and a run-in with his dangerous neighbor, Saul, spins Wilder’s head like t...

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  Cow Boyhood
  

  • Jul-2021
  • / General Fiction
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  Adventures of Wilder Good - 7
  

  Thirteen-year-old Wilder has spent his boyhood watching men like his grandpa Papa Milam . . . and wanting to be like them. Now he is leaving on a two day cattle drive through river and canyon country with his aging Papa and another older man, Red Guf...

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  Heartwood Mountain
  

  • Dec-2023
  • / General Fiction
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  Adventures of Wilder Good - 8
  

  When thirteen-year-old Wilder and his friends Sunny and Corndog go down to the river for a horse ride, something panics Corndog into running away. Wilder and Sunny reluctantly return home without him, and the next day a strange man comes to Wild...

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Award-Winning Books by S.J. Dahlstrom

Cow Boyhood
2022 Spur Award -- Juvenile Fiction