Swept Away: The Mountain [Paperback]

Dafydd Ab Hugh (Author)

Book Description

Series: Swept Away | Publication Date: April 1996

An adventure hike to Hag's Tooth Mountain becomes a nightmare for Jeanette Taylor and her four friends when they are trapped between a flash flood and a dangerous killer, who makes Jeanette question her friends and her sanity.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Harpercollins (Mm) (April 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061062901
• ISBN-13: 978-0061062902
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,915,411 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT BOOK!, January 14, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Swept Away: The Mountain (Paperback)

I loved this book! It had action, adventure, and yes, a smart @ss girl just trying to stay away from her pyscotic friend, Bill. Do they survive? Read this book to find out!

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Survive A Serial Killer While Lost In The Mountains, October 31, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Swept Away: The Mountain (Paperback)

After nearly being raped (and possibly worse) by her psychotic childhood friend (Bill Hicks) in "Swept Away", Jeanette Taylor starts out on her own in the sequel, "The Mountain". She doesn't get very far, however, before she starts feeling guilty about abandoning Bill and Dwayne. Eventually, she returns to their camp with food (they were likely to starve without it) and regains her place as "captain" of the group.

It doesn't take long, though, before Bill starts up again, creating problems between Jeanette and Dwayne, then threatening her without Dwayne's protection (although the "boyjock" isn't much help when he is around). (Like she didn't see it coming.) But when Bill tries to kill her while they're both hanging off a cliff, Jeanette surprises me by doing what she should have done before: she fights back--and kills Bill Hicks.

Moments later Jeanette and Dwayne clear the cliff and stumble across Neil and Samma. Both are alive, but Neil's leg is badly
injured from the flood that separated the group. When they question Bill's absence, Jeanette tries to explain what had happened. Samma, of course, doesn't believe her story at all, but at least Neil does. And that's all that matters to Jeanette. Well, that and trying to get rescued. :)

This book is just as exciting as the first, and I highly recommend reading it if you've already read "Swept Away". There is some semi-graphic violence/hunting (one being a rabbit and the second a bear) that might disgust some readers. The worst, I thought, was the rabbit, basically because I had just gotten a pet rabbit a few days prior to starting this book. Very gross.

Despite that--and Jeanette's annoying habit of quoting classic poetry and stories--, there weren't a lot of drawbacks to this book. (...) There's still a lot of witty humor and suspense that makes the story move along pretty fast. Don't miss reading this series if you like Christopher Pike or R. L. Stine.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars swept away, September 10, 2003

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Swept Away: The Mountain (Paperback)

it was the best book ever!!!!!!!!!!