

River Thunder
Author: Will Hobbs
Narrator: Christina Moore
Unabridged: 5 hr 20 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 03/08/2013
Categories: Children's Fiction, Action & Adventure Stories
Author: Will Hobbs
Narrator: Christina Moore
Unabridged: 5 hr 20 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 03/08/2013
Categories: Children's Fiction, Action & Adventure Stories
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.
I have always loved the original book and as complete as the ending was for the original book I couldn't quite figure out how this one would be a continuation of that one. So it was a bit of a surprise that the background was basically the same while the cast of characters for the most part also st......more
River Thunder is the exhilarating sequel to Downriver. Troy wants to prove that he has changed, so he plans a trip back to the Grand Canyon for another rafting adventure and invites his friends: Jessie, Adam, Star, Rita, and Pug. This time, Troy promises, the trip will not be just about him. Jessie,......more
jessie and star met up with some friends and they were going to go rafting. jessie had second thoughts about going since she thought troy wanted to get back at her for breaking up with him . half way through they started arguingabout what to do at lava , the roughfest rapid on the river. jessie had......more
I was required to make a book review for my monthly reading book. I read River thunder by Will Hobbs, the companion to Downriver. The book is about about the kids going back to the grand canyon. In the first book the kids were put into this camp with other children their age to help with social skil......more
It's an enjoyable read for the setting and premise (whitewater rafting down the Grand Canyon), and it's a short and easy way to spend a day, but there's not much here beyond that. I mostly put that down to a lack of depth in the characters and their relationships. They're not totally bland and irred......more