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Chocolate River Rescue
Contributor(s): McGrath, Jennifer (Author)
ISBN: 1551096005     ISBN-13: 9781551096001
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing (CN)
OUR PRICE:   $11.66  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: April 2007
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Annotation: Shawn Mahoney and Tony Steeves, both ten, and Shawn's younger brother, Craig, eight, are trapped on an ice floe and speeding down Chocolate River. They are quickly spotted by a passerby, who calls 911 and sets the police and fire departments in motion. What ensues is a complicated and dangerous rescue mission. The water is moving fast, and it will be terribly difficult to intercept the boys at the right point on the river. If they float all the way out to sea, they could be lost forever.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - Survival Stories
Dewey: FIC
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5" W x 7.2" (0.25 lbs) 112 pages
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 124173
Reading Level: 3.9   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 3.0
 
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Publisher Description:

Get off of there, Craig! shouted Shawn.
I can't! I'm slipping! wailed Craig.
Shawn leaped back onto the ice. He took a breath and jumped over the widening crack, grabbing his little brother by the coat as he flew through the air. Both boys fell heavily to the ice on the other side.
The boys stared in horror as the crack widened to reveal an eddy of churning, foaming brown water.

Tony, Craig, and Shawn are trapped on an ice floe on the Petitcodiac River in the dead of winter, and the rapid current is pulling them toward the ocean. Twelve-year-old Petra arrives and the boys think they're saved, but their dangerous journey is only just beginning.

The boys and Petra face peril at every twist and turn of the river in Chocolate River Rescue, an exhilarating adventure based on true events. They also learn that a river of chocolate is far better served warm, over ice cream, than cold on an ice floe!

Contributor Bio(s): McGrath, Jennifer: - Jennifer McGrath is a freelance writer and the author of Chocolate River Rescue, which was shortlisted for the children's choice book awards and won the 2009 Hackmatack Award, and White Cave Escape, shortlisted for the 2010 Silver Birch Award. She lives near Moncton, New Brunswick, with her family and several pets.