Chasing the Moon

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Two best friends. One tiny tent. An attraction that’s impossible to ignore.

Melody
Being a semi-famous science tokker epically rocks because I get to make science accessible for girls. Until I make a mistake and a jerkface tokker ridicules me to his fans. I need to prove I’m not a hack before my followers bail and I ruin my credibility—all before I graduate from high school.

Just one problem: my family’s hiking to the bottom of the Grand Canyon, where I won’t have signal for a week. Oh, and I’m sharing a tent with the Bestie Brigade—my two best friends—and I’ve crushed on one of them for longer than trends last on TikTok.

Dating Steph would make Jess feel left out and I vowed I’d never do that to her again. Do I risk hurting my closest friend for a chance at love?

Stephanie
Senior year was rolling along just great until my parents announced they’re getting divorced the same night I broke up with my girlfriend.

Spending a week offline in the Grand Canyon to watch the lunar eclipse with Jess and Mel is the perfect way to pretend my life isn’t falling apart. Except we’re camping with people who insist on talking through EVERY FREAKING PROBLEM around the campfire.

And I’m not ready to share.

The time away with Mel makes our connection even stronger, but I’m scared whatever she’s hiding could change our friendship forever.

Book 3 in the Campfire Series is filled with grand adventures, secret kisses, and an epic eclipse you won’t soon forget.

The Campfire Series

About the author

Melanie Hooyenga


Multi-award winning young adult author Melanie Hooyenga writes books about strong girls who learn to navigate life despite its challenges. She first started writing as a teenager and finds she still relates best to that age group. Her newest book, The Quiet Unraveling of Eve Ellaway, a psychological suspense about a girl who was raised as two girls after her twin disappeared, published in February 2025.

Her award-winning YA sports romance series, The Rules Series, is about girls from Colorado falling in love and learning to stand up on their own. Her YA time travel trilogy, The Flicker Effect, is about a teen who uses sunlight to travel back to yesterday. The first book, Flicker, won first place for Middle Grade/Young Adult in the Writer’s Digest 2015 Self-Published eBook awards, and The Rules Series has won ten awards, including Finalist for MG/YA in the 2019 BookLife Prize. The first book in The Campfire Series, Chasing the Sun, won gold for young adult general fiction in the Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards and was named one of the Best Indie eBooks of 2020 by Barnes & Noble Press. Both Chasing the Moon and The Quiet Unraveling of Eve Ellaway were Quarterfinalists for MG/YA in the (2023 and 2024) BookLife Prize.

When not writing books, you can find her wrangling her Miniature Schnauzer Gus and playing every sport imaginable with her husband Jeremy.

The Quiet Unraveling of Eve Ellaway

THE FLICKER EFFECT TRILOGY
Flicker (Book 1)
Fracture (Book 2)
Faded (Book 3)

THE RULES SERIES
The Slope Rules (Book 1)
The Trail Rules (Book 2)
The Edge Rules (Book 3)

THE CAMPFIRE SERIES
Chasing the Sun (Book 1)
Chasing the Stars (Book 2)
Chasing the Moon (Book 3)

You can learn more about Melanie here:

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