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Max Eliott Anderson
Port Yonder Press
June 1, 2012 / ISBN 978-1935600152
Children/Fiction ages 8-12
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Reviewed
by Beverly J. Rowe
Sam Cooper
and his friends, Tony and Tyler, have been invited to go on a rafting
trip down the raging Colorado River with Tony's Uncle Harlan. It
looks like it will be great fun, but very frightening, too. The
boys look it up on the Internet, and the harrowing pictures of rafters
fighting the rapids really puts the fear in them.
The boys raft is tied to the end of the chain of rafts so that they
won't get separated. The rains this year have been heavy, and the
river is wilder than ever. Suddenly the rope hangs up on a sharp
rock, breaks, and the river takes over. Then, when the raft starts
to go flat the boys make a dash for land. Thankfully, their equipment
and supplies were packed in waterproof containers, but now they
are on their own.
They meet up with an old prospector with a gold mine, who promises
to lead them to civilization. They get involved with helping him
to mine the gold, and outwit a gang of biker claim jumpers who are
after Gus's gold. The action is fast and exciting and the boys are
definitely up to the challenges.
There is even Christian inspiration as the boys offer prayers for
God's intervention. Anderson definitely has the formula for exciting
action stories that encourage the reluctant reader to pick up another
book.
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