Бешеная река

Flames race toward Sam Castine's summer camp as evacuation buses are loading, but Sam runs back to get his phone. Suddenly, a flash of heat blasts him as pine trees explode. Now a wall of fire separates Sam from his bus, and there's only one thing to do: Run for his life. Run or die. Lungs burning, Sam's only goal is to keep moving. Drought has made the forest a tinderbox, and Sam struggles to remember survival tricks he learned from his late father. Then, when he least expects...

A brilliant, emotionally charged novel about two boys. One is a slow learner, too large for his age, and the other is a tiny, disabled genius. The two pair up to create one formidable human force known as "Freak the Mighty". Max. Freak. Best Friends. Forever. I never had a brain until Freak came along. . .That's what Max thought. All his life he'd been called stupid. Dumb. Slow. It didn't help that his body seemed to be growing faster than his mind. It didn't help that people...

Группу незнакомых друг с другом школьников поощряют туристическим походом в штат Монтана – им предстоит сплав по дикой, первозданной реке. Организаторы этого путешествия предполагали, что ребята успеют познакомиться и подружиться между собой. Однако судьба готовит им страшный сюрприз... Остросюжетная психологическая повесть «Бешеная река» – новая книга Родмана Филбрика, американского писателя, который прославился после публикации романа «Фрик Великан», успешно экранизированного в 1998 году. Для...

At the beginning of eighth grade, learning disabled Max and his new friend Freak, whose birth defect has affected his body but not his brilliant mind, find that when they combine forces they make a powerful team.