Tailgates & Bonfires

Illustration gallery

Something Wild
in pictures.

Every chapter has its own moment. Browse the complete collection, then choose an illustration to return to the story behind it.

22 illustrations

Rachel halfway through the front door looking back while Bodhi works on his laptop and Sasha sleeps at his feet

Chapter 1

I’ll Be Right Back

Bodhi sitting crushed inside his out-of-gas car at dawn with one hand pressed to his head

Chapter 2

Searching For Answers

Sergeant Henderson holding Bodhi back from Rachel’s wrecked car at a rural crash site with police cars and a tow truck

Chapter 3

When Answers Turn to Nightmares

Bodhi reading a children’s book from a large leather chair while first graders sit on the school-library floor

Chapter 4

Life Goes On

Bodhi startled in an elementary-school library aisle as children’s books tumble from the shelves around him

Chapter 5

Are You Checking That Out or Am I?

Bodhi standing in his garage beside his severely dented and mangled dark blue-gray Jeep

Chapter 6

How’s Your Car?

Tyler shaking Bodhi’s hand beside an enormous television while Jessica gently touches Bodhi’s arm in a brightly lit electronics store

Chapter 7

Have I Got a Deal for You!

Barefoot Bodhi standing in his windblown backyard at night while Sasha watches from inside through warmly lit double French doors

Chapter 8

No, You’re Being Haunted

Maria aiming a small revolver at Bodhi inside her empty bakery while a silent man watches from a table behind them

Chapter 9

I Didn’t Order This

Bodhi and Jessica talking face-to-face inside his Jeep beneath a leafy tree while Sasha sits in the back seat and the school stands down the street

Chapter 10

Wait? Who Are You?

Bodhi holding Sasha’s leash on a wooded park trail as a female park ranger photographs him and a second ranger closes in

Chapter 11

Should Have Brought a Picnic Basket

A battered Bodhi lying on the pavement of a strip-mall parking lot with a black eye while Sasha, his black Labrador, licks his cheek

Chapter 12

I Just Wanted a Towel

Bodhi and blonde-haired Francine looking out the living-room window as red and blue emergency lights wash over them, with the piano behind them

Chapter 13

Too Late for Cookie Sales

Blonde-haired Francine being led in handcuffs through Bodhi’s broken front door by FBI agents while a battered Bodhi and Sasha watch from inside

Chapter 14

You Ruined a Beautiful Moment

A bruised Bodhi approaching the pristine glass-and-stone entrance of the luxurious Crossroads Youth Shelter headquarters

Chapter 15

Do You Even Like Kids?

A battered Bodhi and Sam talking with a large, intimidating man in a dark suit and sunglasses on a dirt road beside an open field

Chapter 16

Please...

Shirley’s Squirrely Ice Cream Parlor burning as firefighters battle the blaze and townspeople flee through the chaotic parking lot

Chapter 17

You Did That on Purpose

A soot-covered and bruised Bodhi being handcuffed against a sheriff’s cruiser outside the luxurious Crossroads Youth Shelter while Mayor Langford watches

Chapter 18

No Autographs, Please

An exhausted, soot-covered Bodhi sitting with his head lowered in a jail cell while a worn-down father in the neighboring cell looks toward him through the bars

Chapter 19

Come Here Often?

Bodhi being held inside a candlelit ritual barn as the hooded Order surrounds Sam, Sasha, Tyler, Francine, Harold, and Vincent Crowe around a salt circle

Chapter 20

Does the Cult Cost Extra?

A battered and exhausted Bodhi being loaded into an ambulance at night under red and blue emergency lights

Chapter 21

Did You Get His Number?

Bodhi and Sasha driving away together in a black Jeep down a long open country road

Chapter 22

So Long Doesn't Mean Goodbye