Joel's best friend, Tony, is a daredevil. It was Tony's idea to make the long bike ride to the Starved Rock state park, and Tony's idea to stop for a swim in the dangerous Vermillion River. So why does Joel feel so much guilt when tragedy strikes? The paperback features a beautiful new cover and introduction by Katherine Paterson, author of the Newbery Medal?winning book Bridge to Terabithia. AGES: 9 to 12 AUTHOR: Marion Dane Bauer is an award-winning author who also teaches in the Master of Fine Arts in Writing for Children and Young Adults program at Vermont College. Among her Clarion titles are On My Honor, a Newbery Honor Book; A Bear Named Trouble; and Runt: The Story Of a Wolf Pup. She lives with her partner, Ann Goddard, in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.
