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Gr. 5-8. Unpopular Geri and her best buddy, Jay (both 13), decide to sneak off to find Blue Pool, a water pond located beyond a treacherous, forbidden region of caves and hills. Their thrill seeking quickly turns life-threatening when they get stuck in one cave, then are nabbed by two potentially murderous con men in another. The antagonists are little more than caricatures, and the resolution is too tidy. But with her rough-edged narration, Geri makes a believable misfit; Jay, her good-hearted pal, is endearing; and the message that misbehavior and rash decisions reap dire consequences, sometimes even for innocent bystanders, is a good one. Best of all, perhaps, is Randall, Geri and Jay's younger friend, who is ridiculed at first for refusing to take a dare but turns out to be both wise and admirable. Roger Leslie
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Library Journal writes: "A happy-ending page-turner for grades 5 to 8 with a solid message¿" Adams is also the author of "Raid on Rairarubia," 2002 Book-of-the-Year finalist for Foreword Magazine.

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About the Author

W. Royce Adams, emeritus professor of English at Santa Barbara City College, earned degrees from Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri and California State University, Long Beach. He is past-president of the College Reading and Learning Association. He is also a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, the Authors Guild, and the International Reading Association. He has published over twenty college textbooks, primarily in the areas of reading, writing, and study skills. He has authored a collection of adult short stories: Teacher, Teacher, I Declare! and Other Little Tattle Tales, as well as the juvenile fantasy/adventure series, the Rairarubia Tales: Rairarubia, Return to Rairarubia, and Raid on Rairarubia.

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