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Author name: Franklin W. Dixon

 : River Rats (Hardy Boys Casefiles #122)
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Type of bind: Paperback
EAN num: 9780671561239
ISBN number: 0671561235
Label: Simon Pulse
Manufacturer: Simon Pulse
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 160
Printing Date: April 01, 1997
Publishing house: Simon Pulse
Age index: Young Adult
Sale Popularity Level: 1159632
Studio: Simon Pulse




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Product Description:
While rafting on the Big Bison River, the Hardys are shocked when their friend Owen is nearly killed by a sniper, and Joe's relationship with Owen's attractive daughter is interrupted by a firebomb.



Customer Reviews
User popularity level:  out of 5 stars

Rated by buyers 5 out of 5 stars - Elegant, clean writing, and an unusual story
Tomcat and a handful of friends live on the steamboat River Rat, which they pilot up and down the river, taking mail from town to town in barter for food and goods. It's twenty years after the Flash, and life is hard; but the Rats know how to handle themselves. Only when they break one of their own rules and rescue a man from the poisonous river do things start to go bad.

The book is lively, fascinating, and well written. The post-apocalyptic world is fully (and realistically) invented, as are the characters.



Rated by buyers 1 out of 5 stars - Almost but not quite
This book had so much promise and lots of potential. The characters were interesting, and held promise for being really cool kids. The setting of a post-apocalypse world Louisiana on a old paddle-wheeler riverboat sounded fun and adventurous. Punk kids who were rock and roll musicians trading music for food to survive , sounded very curious. After reading the blurb description on the back cover I was pulled in for what I thought would be a funky ride. Nope. This book, this story, is so poorly written, the adventure boring, the characters lifeless. I struggled to finish it and when I finally crawled to the final page, my thought was "why was this story even written"? This falls short of the mark a long way, and truly is an un-interesting novel. All I can give it is a big YAWN. It could have been great but it just doesnt deliver. I'd like to see a more experienced author take the same plot and do it better. Give this a miss, it's just not worth taking the time for.



Rated by buyers 2 out of 5 stars - All critics agree...or do they?
This book was confusing to me. The book is definetely science fiction with events such as a nuclear catastrophe wiping out almost all of the cities in the United States and the mississippi river being a toxic wasteland.The title isnt too appetizing either. It is also hard to get to know what the characters are really like.



Rated by buyers 3 out of 5 stars - okay book
this book was exciting and interseting...it lost my attention at some points...going on and on on little things....overall this is a great book...:-)



Rated by buyers 4 out of 5 stars - A Definite Re-Read
When I borrowed this book from a friend's younger sister, I thought it would be an easy read to take my mind off things before I did my homework. Well, I read it.. and then I read it again. While the plot could be a little contrived at times, the characters were vivid and real, and the relationships between them left me wishing for a sequel. I bought the book for myself, and it has a permanent place on my bookshelf for those rainy lonely days when I need some cheering up.

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