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Rough Waters

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Rough Waters was an exciting, fast, entertaining and enjoyable read. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves adventures. I especially enjoyed the setting of Buena Vista because I used to drive through Buena Vista when I went to college. If you like Gary Paulsens books, you'll love Rough Waters. High interest/low level readers would enjoy this book.

I teach middle school L.A. and plan to use this as a read-aloud next year...IF my students haven't all read it! Have a reluctant reader at home? Hand them ANY of Rottman's books! The rafting scenes have you riding along with the crew. Have fun! Terrific read!

I recommend this book to ages seven and up. It is very interesting about the rafting experience . "Paddle right "said this when they were on the run on the river . Latter in this book after the midnight run ,Scott says, "Wasn't there a cop ?" This was when he stole the raft and ended up in the hospital . Its very exciting and if you like adventure, this book is for you .

I recommend this book to any teenager or adult. It is generally a good book that teaches good morals. There are many conflicts and solutions in this book that make it fun to read simply because of the way the characters have different ways of handling them. You could also say that it is somewhat educational, as the author really knows what he's talking about when it comes to rafting. This reinforces the story and makes it more interesting than if the author didn't know anything about it. For example, "Well that's a matter of opinion. One reason people really enjoy paddle boats is because they're directly involved with the rafting. They help control where the raft goes. The success of the trip depends on each paddler doing his or her best. It's more of a personal challenge." Many people should like this book since it doesn't really have any boring spots like other books do. It proves to be a really a very fun book to read. For example there are some obnoxious things that the characters do to each other during the story, which can prove to be quite funny. "Hey Scotty, wake up!", "Get off me" Scott shouted to his brother. Also, you will be very surprised with the outcome of the story at the end of the book.

I read Rough Waters; it is an ok book, but not the best that I have read. I would highly recommend this book to any one that enjoys adventure. The book starts out with the main characters, Scott and his older brother Gregg; have to move to Colorado to live with an uncle they never new they had. Their uncle owns his own rafting company on the Arkansas River. At first life is a little rough because they are still trying to get over their parents death. As it goes most things get better in life, this story gets better for the most part. Scott is left out by his brother because he is a lot younger than Gregg. One day during the summer Scott goes exploring in the back yard. He finds an old bike in a shed. Scott decides to go into town on the rickety old bike. In town he goes to the library because he is kind of a bookworm. At the library he meets a girl!! That is all I'm going to tell you about the book. If it sounds interesting to you, read it. I liked it; it takes a really good book to do that because I don't ever read. This is a really good book, ~ENJOY~!!!!!!!!

Great book! It, too me, was by far S.L. Rottman's best books that I have read so far! Scott was lost and confused and seemed unwanted by both his Uncle and his brother Gregg but he finds himself and love at the end. This is a powerful novel and the ending will take you for a loop. I love this book and the S.L. Rottman for writing it. This is a MUST READ!

...it's just that the book was kind of cliche. Gregg especially. His parents die and he reacts by drinking, smoking, using drugs, and keeping bad company. It reminded me of one of those sappy 1930s movies.

And the ending didn't ring true. Gregg put his entire family and his friends in mortal danger, and one of them is most likely dead as a result of his actions, and he showed not one iota of remorse or regret. Then his good old Uncle Rocky has a talk with him and suddenly he's normal again. It didn't make sense -- Rocky has tried to talk to Gregg many times and Gregg never listened before; why should he do so now?

Scott on the other hand was a little too good to be true. The only "bad" thing he did in the entire book was go to that party with his girlfriend and drink underage, and it was only about half a glass. I could definately see where Gregg was coming from when he called Scott a goody-goody.

But despite my criticisms here, I did like the book. The rafting scenes in particular were very good. I just with the author could have rounded out the characters a bit more.

After losing both of their parents in a car accident, two boys must move to live with an uncle they have never seen before. They deal with their grief in different ways. This story takes you on an incredible ride down the rapids as it shows you their struggle to come to terms with their parents deaths. It has a suprising ending. This was one of the best books I have ever read. I highly recommend it to everyone. Enjoy!!!