Into the Rapids

Sometimes even a girl who likes to rely only on herself needs to be brave enough to ask for help.

When a superstorm hits Addy’s mountain town, knocking out the bridge and cutting her home off from the main road, she worries that she won’t be able to get to the survival camp she’s been planning to attend. The camp’s the place where her parents met, and where Addy plans to hone her skills and honor their legacy. But now there’s no power and her mom’s been triggered by the raging river and bad memories of a similar storm. The two of them are feeling particularly alone as they’ve never bothered to befriend any neighbors. But now Addy keeps running into her classmate Caleb on the hill above her house where they both go to get cell service. Caleb’s frantic about a missing neighbor, and Addy’s amazed to see how he’s able to connect with folks to get help.

Then Caleb offers to help Addy get to camp—but can she trust him? She always thought of him as an enemy—but maybe she was partially to blame for his frostiness? The storm has brought so many questions swirling to the surface and has made Addy realize it’s time to take some leaps of faith. When she agrees to travel with Caleb by canoe, it sets off a remarkable string of events and a huge test of her survival skills. More importantly, it sets Addy on a road to understanding that she’s not in this adventure of life alone—and that’s a good thing.