Action and Adventure Time

Hi, Summer Readers! I hope you are enjoying this lovely cool weather by taking some time to read. This week I would like to highlight one of my favorite authors for action and adventure - Will Hobbs. I don't remember now which book was the first one I read by Hobbs, but I can tell you that when I read Downriver, I was hooked! Downriver is the story of a group of teenagers who have ditched an outdoor education program to start their own adventure white-water rafting down the heart of the Grand Canyon. As I read this book I could almost feel the water spraying in my face as the two-boat group navigates the rapids. Of course with no adult or experienced guide, everything that could go wrong does for this group. Plus the fact that there are helicopters out looking for them just seems to add to the excitement. Once I read Downriver, I couldn't wait for the sequel River Thunder.

After that I anxiously waited for each new Will Hobbs book I could get for the Lakeview library. Some of my favorites are: Jason's Gold - about the Alaskan Gold Rush; Kokopelli's Flute - about a boy who changes into an animal to thwart robbers at a cliff dwellers site like Mesa Verde; The Maze - about an escaping teen who teams up with a bird biologist and almost loses his life in a canyon flash flood; Jackie's Wild Seattle - about two kids who spend an exciting summer with their uncle working for an animal rescue and shelter; and Far North - about two teens stranded after a small plane crashes in the Alaskan tundra. And this is only a short list of Hobbs's books at Lakeview. Check the I.P.A.C. for a complete list, and check in the fall for two new books by Hobbs - Go Big or Go Home and The Big Wander.

If you are looking for adventure this summer, Will Hobbs is the name to remember.