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?
十二岁的男孩汤尼和乔是从小一起长大的好朋友。汤尼拉着乔去饿死岩攀岩,乔心里害怕却不敢回绝,只好不情愿地出发。谁知半路上,汤尼突然改变主意想去河里游泳。乔愿意同去,因为这样可以不必去攀岩。然而,下水后汤尼溺死了,乔会怎样面对这样的事实呢?惊恐、自责、痛苦难当,却没有勇气说出真相……本书在情节层层铺叙中激烈交织着乔的内心冲突,通过一个因少年血气方刚、口舌冲动逞能酿成的悲剧,让读者深刻思考如何避免成长中的逞强盲动行为,并体会生命的可贵。
By Marion Dane Bauer, Paperback(SC) or Hardcover(TC), Simplified Chinese Characters Only or Traditional Chinese Characters with Zhuyin, 154-171 pages, 8.5"x6.2"