Me & Jay - Softcover

Adams, W. Royce

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1588320219 ISBN 13: 9781588320216

Publisher: UNLIMITED PUBLISHING LLC and Rairarubia Press, 2001

Synopsis

One hot summer day, thirteen-year-olds Geri Thomas and Jay Thornton try to find a place to cool off so they seek Blue Pool, a dangerous, off-limits area. The two discover adventures they never bargained for as they foolishly hop a slow freight train to take them up the river road and accidentally start a grass fire. Soon they find themselves being chased through a mammoth cave by two desperate men willing to do almost anything to keep the teens from telling what they've discovered. Geri and Jay's adventures bring them one step closer to maturity and acceptance of responsibility while delivering a solid message that bad decisions can have frightful consequences.

About this title

About the Author:

W. Royce Adams, emeritus professor of English at Santa Barbara City College, earned degrees from Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri and California State University, Long Beach. He is past-president of the College Reading and Learning Association. He is also a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, the Authors Guild, and the International Reading Association. He has published over twenty college textbooks, primarily in the areas of reading, writing, and study skills. He has authored a collection of adult short stories: Teacher, Teacher, I Declare! and Other Little Tattle Tales, as well as the juvenile fantasy/adventure series, the Rairarubia Tales: Rairarubia, Return to Rairarubia, and Raid on Rairarubia.

From Booklist:

Gr. 5-8. Unpopular Geri and her best buddy, Jay (both 13), decide to sneak off to find Blue Pool, a water pond located beyond a treacherous, forbidden region of caves and hills. Their thrill seeking quickly turns life-threatening when they get stuck in one cave, then are nabbed by two potentially murderous con men in another. The antagonists are little more than caricatures, and the resolution is too tidy. But with her rough-edged narration, Geri makes a believable misfit; Jay, her good-hearted pal, is endearing; and the message that misbehavior and rash decisions reap dire consequences, sometimes even for innocent bystanders, is a good one. Best of all, perhaps, is Randall, Geri and Jay's younger friend, who is ridiculed at first for refusing to take a dare but turns out to be both wise and admirable. Roger Leslie
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About this edition

• Publisher: UNLIMITED PUBLISHING LLC and Rairarubia Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1588320219
• ISBN 13: 9781588320216
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 136