Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Book Reviews of Trouble River

Trouble River
Trouble River
Author: Betsy Cromer Byars
ISBN-13: 9780590405751
ISBN-10: 0590405756
Publication Date: 4/1982
Pages: 105
Edition: Reissue
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Rating:
  • Currently 3.1/5 Stars.
 4

3.1 stars, based on 4 ratings
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Book Type: Paperback
Reviews: Amazon | Write a Review

2 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

reviewed Trouble River on + 14 more book reviews
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"
reviewed Trouble River on + 50 more book reviews
Back cover:

Dewey and Grandma are alone in the cabin on Trouble River. Before he left, Dewey's dad told them they would be safe... but Grandma feels in her bones that they are not. And when Dewey sees an Indian sneaking behind the cabin, Grandma says, "There's never just one Indian!" Then Dewey knows they have to leave--fast!

Dewey and Grandma make a quick escape on Dewey's handmade raft. Trouble River's name is no joke, and they are threatened by rocks and currents and wolves that attack in the night. Still they go on, past the burned-out ruins of their neighbors' homestead, until they reach the whirling rapids. Now Dewey and Grandma face real danger, and they have to fight for their lives!