- Genre:children's fiction
- Sub-genre:Action & Adventure / Survival Stories
- Age Range (years):5 - 10
- Language:English
- Pages:152
- eBook ISBN:9798317852733
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Down The Rio Tamesi is an adventure story about a trip down a river in Mexico. Carlos is from Mexico and living in the United States. He feels honored when his science teacher asks him to go down the Rio Tamesi, a river near where his family lived in Mexico. The river is unchartered, and the group encounters unexpected rapids and waterfalls. The trip, supposed to take four hours, turns into a three day trip without food or provisions. Carlos feels insecure with the others who are also in his science class because they shun him at school. When his teacher is injured, he and the other boy go alone for help. Carlos learns to swim, climbs a mountain to get above a flash flood, and uses plants to heal a wound on the boy's leg. By the end of the trip, Carlos has enough confidence to feel that he can overcome any problems.
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Down the Rio Tamesi is an adventure story about a trip down a river in Mexico. The river is near where Carlos and his family lived. Carlos is from Mexico, and his father has moved the family to the United States where he works. Carlos feels like an outsider, trying to learn a new culture and make new friends. He feels insecure with the others who shun him at school. He is honored, or feels like a Big Shot as he puts it, when the Science teacher asks him to go down the river since he knows the country. The group encounters difficulties such as rapids, waterfalls, and snakes.The trip, supposed to take four hours, takes three days without food, water, or provisions. Carlos and the other boy go alone to find help when the teacher is injured. Carlos becomes the leader by getting them up a mountain when a flash flood comes through, finding plants to heal the boys wound, and standing up to the boy's bullying.
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