Christopher and Sarah join their uncle in Australia to raft down the Franklin River, but when they hit whitewater and see a waterfall up ahead Christopher needs to think quickly in order to save them from going over the falls.

Hoping the adventure of a raft trip in Big Bend National Park will lift her spirits, Paul takes Anna to southwest Texas. Instead of the soul-soothing experience they'd longed for, the couple finds a pregnant woman--more dead than alive--and soon they are sucked into a labyrinth of intrigue that leads from the Mexican desert to the steps of the Governor's Mansion in Austin.

"Engaging images accompany information about whitewater rafting. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"-- Provided by publisher.

"She knows she witnessed a murder... But only one man believes her. After rafting guide Nora Radley witnesses her staff member's murder, and narrowly escapes being shot, the crime scene casts doubt on her story. With the evidence pointing to suicide, only her ex-fiance, Ranger Henry McKnight, is on her side. Ten years ago, an eerily similar unsolved crime tore her engagement to Henry apart. But this case might just cost them their lives.--Back cover....

Reluctuant Nicky spends a wonderful summer with Grandma who introduces him to the joy of rafting down the river near her home and watching the animals along the banks.

When Elmer the patchwork elephant and his cousin Wilbur decide to go whale-watching, as their grandfather Eldo did at their age, their journey becomes far more of an adventure than they anticipated.

Greg confronts his own fears and assumes a leadership role when his father is bitten by a rattlesnake during a white-water rafting trip.

Willie's relatives bring her so many provisions for her rafting trip that she almost does not get to go.

When a disastrous math test shakes her self-confidence , Alison goes through the magic mirror and finds her skills and courage tested as a junior river guide on a white-water rafting trip.

Picked on at school by bullies, thirteen-year-old Michael confronts his fears during a trip to Colorado to see his father, who works as a whitewater rafting guide and whom Michael has not seen in eight years.