Downriver, Will Hobbs
Downriver, Will Hobbs
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Downriver

Author: Will Hobbs

Narrator: Christina Moore

Unabridged: 5 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/12/2009

Synopsis

Fifteen-year-old Jessie is angry with her father for sending her on an outdoor survival program for troubled teens. Confused about her life back home and unsure of herself, she is drawn to the powerful personality of a teammate, the charismatic Troy. At their first opportunity to rebel, she and her six companions "borrow" their instructor's gear and attempt the dangerous Colorado River through the Grand Canyon on their own. With no maps or guides, they face roaring rapids, drenching rain, injury, and conflict among themselves. The further they travel, the more they realize that the whitewater may be the least of their problems. There's more to Troy, their self-imposed leader, than any of them could have predicted. Chosen by the American Library Association as one of the one hundred Best of the Best Young Adult Books of the past 25 years, Downriver will captivate young readers with its heady dose of excitement, entertainment, and suspense.

About Will Hobbs

Will Hobbs is the author of many outdoor adventure novels for upper elementary, middle school, and young adult readers, as well as a few picture book stories. Several of his novels have been named Best Books for Young Adults by the American Library Association, and Ghost Canoe, his first mystery, won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Mystery. The ALA’s list of the 100 Best Young Adult Books of the Twentieth Century includes two of Will’s titles: Far North and Downriver. A graduate of Stanford University and a former reading and language arts teacher, he lives with his wife in Durango, Colorado.

Reviews

Goodreads review by karen on June 03, 2020

if you know me, you know i am a fan of teen survival fiction. well, any survival fiction, but usually teen fiction is written with more immediacy and doesn't use the genre to mask any deeper metaphors. it is what it is - live through this, or don't. no need for anything deeper, just primal, keep-bre......more

Goodreads review by J on October 18, 2017

This is the kind of book that I grew up with and falls into the same type of camp as books by Gary Paulsen such as his forever long Hatchet series and the original Swiss Family Robinson. Unlike the latter, which was more family-oriented, this book follows more Brian from Hatchet in putting a young......more

Goodreads review by Cadin on February 14, 2019

Downriver is a adventure book about eight teenagers that are sent away to a Juvenile summer camp for misbehaved kids. The main character Jessie is going through a rough patch in her life and is sent to this camp along with seven other kids. A couple weeks go by and Jessie has gotten to know everyone......more

Goodreads review by Melissa on September 30, 2021

Published in 1991, the YA/middle grade/juvenile novel, "Downriver," by Will Hobbs, has (according to Wikipedia) never been out of print. It's about a group of troubled teens enrolled in a wilderness therapy program who steal a couple of boats and illegally raft the Grand Canyon without adult supervi......more

Goodreads review by প্রীতম on August 06, 2022

Near-death experiences and then rising out of it, all the more erudite and prudent, is a genre that has been in fashion for ages. And the current movie, Thirteen Lives, a dramatisation of the eighteen day mission to rescue a dozen boys aged 11-16 and their football coach from the Tham Luang Nang Non......more

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