Meika Hashimoto is the author of The Trail and Bound for Home. She grew up on a mountain in Maine. She has traveled the world in search of calm forests and beautiful peaks, and found them a'plenty. When she is not hiking and climbing, she is a children's book editor in New York.

Praise for Off the Map:

"Off the Map is a perfect combination of adventure, peril, and heartfelt moments." --Time for Kids

"If you like Hatchet, try Off the Map! Imagine if Brian had a friend (or at least a frenemy) to help him build a shelter and survive in the wilderness. That's Off the Map! An entertaining, edge-of-your-seat romp that kids will love." --BookRiot

★ "Two former friends must work together to survive after getting lost in this gritty, briskly paced adventure. Via vividly detailed prose and a propulsive plot, Hashimoto depicts the harsh realities of surviving in nature." -- Publishers Weekly, starred reivew

"Kids who enjoy survival stories and off-grid adventures will love Off the Map." --LitHub

"A taut survival adventure. Hashimoto [will] hook readers no matter how much, or how little, experience they have with camping." --Kirkus Reviews

Praise for The Trail:

"A must-read for anyone looking for a great adventure novel. I could not put it down." -- Roland Smith, author of Peak

"The Trail brings Toby's epic hike fully to life. It's a journey that's as much in the heart as on the map, and it's not one you want to miss." -- Michael Northrop, New York Times bestselling author of Trapped and Dear Justice League

"In The Trail, Hashimoto has created an honest and tense tale that reminds us that there's more to survival than just living." -- Eliot Schrefer, two-time National Book Award nominee for Endangered and Threatened

"Action-packed." -- School Library Journal