Adventure

Thomas Hammond has always lived next to Leepike Ridge, but he never imagined he might end up lost beneath it! The night Tom's schoolteacher comes to dinner and asks Tom's mother to marry him, Tom slips out of the house and escapes down a nearby stream on a floating slab of packing foam. The night and stars lull Tom to sleep, and when he wakes, he has ridden his foam raft all the way to the ridge, where the stream dives underground. Flung over rapids and tossed through chasms, Tom finally hits shore, sore but alive. What Tom finds under Leepike Ridge - a dog, a flashlight, a castaway, a tomb, and buried treasure - will answer questions he hadn't known to ask, and change his life forever. Now, if only he can find his way home again. . . .

In the grand tradition of "Robinson Crusoe," "Hatchet," and "Tom Sawyer," N. D. Wilson's first book for young readers is a remarkable adventure, a journey through the dark and back into the light.

Fun read. I read it out loud to my two youngest boys, who ranged in age (at the time) from 7 to 13. ( )

A decent book - Goonies meets Indiana Jones meets Hatchet.
But
It never quite clicked for me.
I was always fine putting it down and never found myself anxious to pick it back up.
No particular reason...it just wasn't for me.

3 Stars ( )

Lots of adventure. Readable story that boys will like. ( )