{"product_id":"take-me-to-the-river-9780060741464","title":"Take Me to the River","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeep in trouble, deep in the canyons\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFourteen-year-old Dylan Sands has come all the way to the Big Bend on the Texas-Mexico border to paddle the fabled Rio Grande with his cousin Rio. As the boys are packing their raft and canoe for ten days in the canyons, six Black Hawk helicopters appear overhead and race across the river into Mexico. The Army warns them that a hurricane is approaching the coast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConvincing themselves that their chances of running into a storm are slim, Dylan and Rio launch onto the wildest and most remote waters in the Southwest. Downriver, a man appears with a seven-year-old boy, begging for help . . . and the storm is upon them. Danger, suspense, and the ever-looming troubles in Mexico drive this white-knuckle adventure forward at a breakneck pace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHobbs, Will:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eWill Hobbs is the award-winning author of nineteen novels, including \u003cem\u003eFar North\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCrossing the Wire\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eTake Me to the River\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNever Say Die\u003c\/em\u003e began with the author's eleven-day raft trip in 2003 down the Firth River on the north slope of Canada's Yukon Territory. Ever since, Will has been closely following what scientists and Native hunters are reporting about climate change in the Arctic. When the first grolar bear turned up in the Canadian Arctic, he began to imagine one in a story set on the Firth River.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA graduate of Stanford University, Will lives with his wife, Jean, in Durango, Colorado.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51181908558098,"sku":"9780060741464","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5a6d338e-b521-41a6-9427-693d70d30f49.jpg?v=1744408608","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/take-me-to-the-river-9780060741464","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}