Trouble River Author:Betsy Cromer Byars In this story set on the American prairie, 12-year-old Dewey Martin and his grandmother must escape down a dangerous river on a raft when their settlement is attacked. Will Dewey and his grandmother survive their trip down the aptly named Trouble River? — When he builds his raft, a twelve-year-old boy never dreams that it will serve as the sole m... more »eans of escape for himself and his grandmother when hostile Indians threaten their prairie cabin.« less
this book is full of excitment and is set back in a time that kids find fasinating. "A skillful portayal of the growing respect between ayoung boy and an old woman"