Books like Hide and Seek by Katy Grant

After a boiler‑plate summer of helping in his family’s bait shop, fourteen‑year‑old Chase finally gets the chance for a solo geocaching adventure. Using his GPS, he locates a hidden metal box in a remote clearing, where he finds a troubling note written in a child’s handwriting. When he returns later, another message—this time a plea for food—appears. Curious and concerned, Chase wonders whether the mysterious writers are lost, hiding from danger, or something more sinister. Before he can seek help from the adults around him, Chase is drawn into a complex, dangerous drama that culminates in a chilling confrontation with an unstable father who will stop at nothing to keep his children. As the stakes rise, the novel explores themes of survival, family conflict, and the coming‑of‑age challenges faced by young people in contemporary Arizona.

First publish date: 2010