Joel dares his best friend, Tony, to a swimming race in a dangerous river. Both boys jump in, but when Joel reaches the sandbar, he finds Tony has vanished. How can he face their parents and the terrible truth?
WINNER
| 1989 Kansas William White Award
NOMINEE
| 1992 Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award
NOMINEE
| 1988 Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Award
HONOR
| 1987 Newbery Honor Book
Marion Dane Bauer has written more than 80 children's and young adult books that have been translated into over a dozen languages. These include the Newbery Honor-winning On My Honor and the Jane Addams Peace Association Award-winning Rain of Fire. In addition to her work for young people, Ms. Bauer is also the editor of Am I Blue? Coming Out from the Silence, a collection of gay and lesbian short stories. She lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Joel dares his best friend, Tony, to a swimming race in a dangerous river. Both boys jump in, but when Joel reaches the sandbar, he finds Tony has vanished. How can he face their parents and the terrible truth?
Awards
WINNER
| 1989 Kansas William White Award
NOMINEE
| 1992 Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award
NOMINEE
| 1988 Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Award
HONOR
| 1987 Newbery Honor Book
Author
Marion Dane Bauer has written more than 80 children's and young adult books that have been translated into over a dozen languages. These include the Newbery Honor-winning On My Honor and the Jane Addams Peace Association Award-winning Rain of Fire. In addition to her work for young people, Ms. Bauer is also the editor of Am I Blue? Coming Out from the Silence, a collection of gay and lesbian short stories. She lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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