read: together

The summer is waning and we've run out of places to go, people to see and motivation to do much more than laze about the house. We spent a few hours yesterday and today reading this book, Leepike Ridge by N. D. Wilson. We like his stuff. This was a quick read-aloud (relatively speaking) and we easily connected with the main characters.

The story is an adventure-action combo. Young Tom lives with his mother in a house built atop a giant rock, it's also chained to this rock. The pair are both still mourning to death of Tom's father Ted. One morning Tom, after arguing with his mother floats down the river by their house and gets violently sucked under the the rocks by the rapid river. The story of his father's death is slowly revealed through his adventures beneath the earth in secret chambers built by pre-Colombian settlers. He finds a body, a live man, a dog and eventually his way back home. Lots of twists and strong characters. I recommend this book to 8 years and up. I know I really enjoyed it!