Me & Jay — W. Royce Adams

One hot summer day, two thirteen-year olds decide to cool off by finding Blue Pool, a dangerous, off-limits area. They discover adventures and troubles they hadn't bargain for as they foolishly hop a freight train, accidentally start a grass fire and get chased through a cave by two men desperate to keep the two from telling what the've discovered.This action-packed story is a happy-ending page-turner for grades 5 to 8 with a solid message that bad decisions have dire consequences.