"M Books" is a series of contemporary literature for children and teenagers. The books can be used as shared texts or as individual readers. They are graded into five age ranges - from 7 to 14 plus for teacher guidance. This novel is set in an Arizona summer camp for teenagers, where the "no-good-at-anything" dead-beats are put together in one cabin. Bolshie Cotton becomes their leader, leading them in skirmishes against other cabins until he decides on a mission to outdo all their rivals - to set free a herd of buffalo about to be killed. This book is aimed at the reluctant reader.