Downriver

Hobbs, Will

ISBN 10: 0833591983 ISBN 13: 9780833591982

Synopsis

Downriver by Will Hobbs is a compelling suspense novel filled with bravery, treacher, and heart-stopping adventure. Jessie has been sent to a nine-week wilderness program run by a Vietnam veteran with a reputation for straightening out incorrigible youths. She falls in line with the renegades of the program and leaves the others to find herself and the others in real danger.

About this title

About the Author:

Will Hobbs is the author of eighteen novels for young readers, as well as two picture book stories. Seven of his novels--"Bearstone," " Downriver," " The Big Wander," " Beardance," "Far North," " The Maze," and "Jason's Gold"--were named Best Books for Young Adults by the American Library Association. ALA also named "Far North" and "Downriver" to their list of the 100 Best Young Adult Books of the Twentieth Centrury.

From the Inside Flap:

No adults, no permit, no river map. Just some "borrowed" gear from Discovery Unlimited, the outdoor education program Jessie and her new companions have just ditched. Jessie and the others are having the time of their lives floating beneath sheer red walls, exploring unknown caves and dangerous waterfalls, and plunging through the Grand Canyon's roaring rapids. No one, including Troy, who emerges as the group's magnetic and ultimately frightening leader, can forsee the challenges and conflicts.

What will be the consequences of their reckless adventure?

About this edition

• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0833591983
• ISBN 13: 9780833591982
• Binding: School & Library Binding