We pulled luggage from the carousel as Uncle Neal established our ages, fourteen and seven. “Cody, you’ll never guess what I’m doing these days. This whole summer was going to be quite a stretch. Basically we talked to him on the phone every Christmas. We didn’t really know our uncle very well. They’ve sure got a long way to go, halfway around the world.”Ĭody bit his lip. They said to tell you their plane took off on time, ninety minutes after yours. We’d started our trip at La Guardia airport in New York, checking in at 5 A.M. Here in Seattle, it was only nine-thirty in the morning. During the flight I’d turned it back three hours.
I looked from Cody to this stranger-uncle and back, feeling so not okay about the next nine weeks. “He isn’t shy,” I said, “he just hates shaking hands.” Neal tried to shake with Cody, but my little brother shrank back. Only Cody could get away with calling me Shannie these days. “I go by Shannon now,” I muttered as he gave me a hug. I could see my mother in the lines around his steel gray eyes, the shape of his lips, and the dimple on his chin. My mother had never said anything about her brother having a tattoo.Īll the same, it had to be him. Plus he had a tattoo-the word Sage on his left arm. This version was almost skinny and had no muscle definition. The uncle I was expecting had the strong, chiseled arms and legs of a climber. This Neal had a thin face and was clean-shaven from skull to chin. I was expecting him to look like his snapshot on our refrigerator back home, with curly black hair, a full face, and a neatly trimmed beard. I recognized his voice, but otherwise I was drawing a blank. “Shannie, over here,” he called as he came closer. Just some confused guy with a shaved head, that’s what I thought at first, but then he called my name. With Christina Moore’s dramatic narration, you will hear the river thunder and shiver with excitement right along with Jessie and her friends.I didn’t even recognize him when he headed toward us at the crowded baggage carousel. With River Thunder, Hobbs draws from his own whitewater experience to craft another riveting wilderness adventure full of lifelike detail. Between the thundering water and the intense emotions it unleashes, the river itself will provide the ultimate test.ĭownriver won praise from readers across the country as well as many awards.
Nonetheless, and even as the water rises to record levels, the river calls Jessie and the others to embark on another life-or-death adventure. Troy says he wants the chance to redeem himself, but Jessie suspects his motives.
But when they find out that the infamous ringleader Troy is behind the reunion trip, tempers flare. The teens are thrilled to have another go at the Colorado together - especially Jessie, who will get to pilot a raft this time. Jessie and the gang are reunited for a second heart-pounding whitewater ride through the Grand Canyon.
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