Raging River

Take It to the Xtreme #1

by Pam Withers

When Jake gets an opportunity be part of the crew for an eight-day whitewater rafting trip along the Cattibone River, he jumps at it. Not even the news that his kayaking rival, Peter, is coming along as a paying customer can dampen his excitement. Riding down the isolated Cattibone River with its dangerous Class IV rapids will be the perfect opportunity to prove to his boss that he's ready to be promoted from company "gofer" to river guide, even though he's only 15 years old.

The rafting adventure starts smoothly, but just three days in, things start to go tragically wrong. One of the guides is badly injured, and when a grizzly bear enters the camp and destroys one of the rafts, the group is in danger of being stranded in the wilderness. It is up to Jake and Peter to pit their kayaking skills against the mighty Cattibone River. Alone, the two boys attempt to kayak over 160 kilometres of whitewater rapids to summon help. Racing against time and wilderness dangers, they must overcome their rivalry and work together. Will they make it in time?

Genres: Adventure

160 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2003

About the author

Award-winning YA author Pam Withers -- a former outdoor guide, journalist and editor -- has written 21 sports and outdoor adventure books for teens. She has been nominated for three Red Maple Awards and numerous others. Besides her novels, she has written an athlete's biography and Jump-Starting Boys, a book for parents on getting boys to read. Pam lives in Vancouver, Canada, and tours North America extensively.

Reviews

[Parm Mann · Rating 5 out of 5]

An Unique book with lots of excitement, good characters & informative, an easy rec if you think you would be interested

[Nick R · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a really cool book. I had a joy of a time reading it. As peaople say "it kept me on the edge of my seat". It started out pretty slow but then there are problems out of nowhere.
Well Raging River is all about this kid in a rafting company that takes people on tours. But then one of the guiders gets attacked by a blue heron and need help in a certain amount of time or he is goin to die.
I would recomend this book to anybody that loves to be outdoors because this book is one big adventure. Well have fun reading it.

[Joann · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not fond of romances but the historical part of the book was interesting.