The ecowarriors are back! Samantha Steadman, and her best friends - smart-mouthed Jessie Delaney and politician's daughter Nomusa Gule - are back at boarding school, in grade nine. And this year, they're up against a whole new set of challenges. Their creepy new science teacher takes delight in tormenting Sam, and she's started counting and checking everything in a way that has her friends worried about her sanity. Add to that Sam's determination to uncover and stop the illegal trade in San rock art, a blossoming new romance (or two), and a dangerous survival competition in the mountains which will endanger the trio's lives, and the girls will need all their wits and courage to stand steady. Exciting and funny, this feel-good story will appeal to tweens and younger teens. Rock Steady is the second book in the Ecowarriors series, but can also be read as a standalone novel.