<![CDATA[Leepike Ridge]]>

false <![CDATA[Leepike Ridge]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180189146m/1007870.jpg 1007870 3 Eleven-year-old Thomas Hammond is in for the ride of his life when he's swept downstream and underground aboard a crumbling raft of Styrofoam. Washing up on a dark subterranean "beach," his only companions are an impulsive dog named Argus and a corpse, from which he takes a flashlight and an all-too-limited supply of batteries. What Tom finds under Leepike Ridge—a castaway, four graves, a tomb, and buried treasure—will answer questions he hadn't known to ask and change his life forever. Now, if he can only find his way home again. . . . An original mix of Robinson Crusoe, King Solomon's Mines, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and The Odyssey, N. D. Wilson's first book for young readers is a remarkable adventure, a journey though the dark of the grave and back out into the light. 2285721 22 5 2007 Leepike Ridge total:270|5:80|4:116|3:53|2:20|1:1| 270 1064 375 100 5 4 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 29 10:17:25 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 05 19:48:16 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 10 22:07:29 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 11 20:15:53 -0800 2007
Young Tom Hammond was just playing with the giant foam piece from the refrigerator box. He was playing with it outside because he wanted to get away from h...more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 17 11:30:05 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 17 11:36:55 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Aug 18 13:24:00 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 14 13:31:17 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 21 13:15:16 -0800 2007 Mon Aug 25 07:05:42 -0700 2008
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I'd stayed up real late last night to finish this one. A complete page-turner for the best of them. Total reminisces of Treasure Island, Hatchet, Robinson Crusoe...more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 30 17:37:25 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 22 10:07:28 -0700 2007
To my delight, this one also added the mystery...more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Oct 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 12 06:42:16 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 13 05:04:15 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 20 14:08:11 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 20 14:09:57 -0700 2007 5 2 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 16 14:24:08 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 16 14:28:06 -0700 2007 Excellent book for thinking, wondering, predicting and just
visualizing what it really would be like to have lived through Tom's experiences.]]> 5 2 false false Mon Feb 16 08:24:25 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 08:25:50 -0800 2009 2 2 false false Fri Feb 15 14:39:42 -0800 2008 Mon Aug 20 16:44:57 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 31 15:21:45 -0700 2007 5 2 false false Thu Oct 02 15:22:33 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 02 15:23:04 -0700 2008 5 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 04 16:37:16 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 04 16:37:16 -0800 2008
First off, there's the cover. It couldn't get much more attention-grabbing than that, could it? You're looking at the f...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 30 19:29:07 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 03 05:53:34 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Aug 01 07:59:54 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 13 16:00:03 -0800 2007
I was hooked from the first paragraph with its mix of fairy tale and legend and present day.

"in the history of the world there have been lots of onces and lots of times, and...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jan 14 20:53:08 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 20:53:26 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Aug 18 13:39:58 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 04:38:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jun 07 09:27:39 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 09:27:39 -0700 2009
‘According to some people, the beginning is a good place.’

Tom puffed his cheeks. The beginning? His day dying. Jeffrey Veatch chasing his mom. Refrigerator deliverymen. Packing foam.”

At eleven years old, Tom already...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu May 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 05:52:23 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 06:12:49 -0700 2009
One night Tom sneaks out of the house to pick up some trash...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 14:05:59 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 09:08:40 -0700 2009
The rich and complex plot reminded me of Holes, by Louis Sachar. There'...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1007870