

Take Me to the River
Author: Will Hobbs
Narrator: Steven Boyer
Unabridged: 5 hr 6 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 02/15/2011
Categories: Children's Fiction, Action & Adventure Stories
Author: Will Hobbs
Narrator: Steven Boyer
Unabridged: 5 hr 6 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 02/15/2011
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.
Cousins Rio and Dylan have planned for their paddle trip down the Rio Grande River at Big Bend for years and the fact that Rio's dad is unexpectedly called to take a job in Alaska to help make ends meet is not about to stop their dream trip that Dylan has traveled all the way from North Carolina to......more
Only read this for Hunger Games, which is getting pretty silly. Not exactly as enjoyable as it used to be, as the books are too obscure. To be fair though, it is a challenge. First of all, I can't believe (view spoiler)[his uncle didn't pick him up, forcing him to hitchhike in a totally strange place! He's a kid! (hide spoiler)] T......more
I rate this book 4/5 stars, I rate it 4/5 stars because I liked how the author added a plot twist to liven it up. I really enjoyed the suspence and whiteriver rafting parts throughout the book. I think that the beginning of the book was slowstarting. This books genre is realistic fiction. It's realis......more
Dylan has packed his bag. At fourteen he’s flying from to Asheville, North Carolina to Alpine, Texas and then taking a bus to Terlingua Ghost Town. His long lost uncle and cousin live there. Dylan’s never met them before and he’s looking forward to his first chance. His uncle leads wilderness advent......more
The name of my book is “Take me to the River” by Will Hobbs. This book is suspenseful and leads the reader into an adventure on the raging river. This book is fiction. Most of it is told in first person. It has an exciting tone, and is suspenseful throughout. Escaping the river and a criminal is the......more