Underground Rivers - University of New Mexico

Chapter 23 -- Girls, Too!
Yep, I'm dying all right…there's the bright light I've heard about. I was being pulled straight
toward a small glow in the distance as a feeling of peace began to take over. That peace didn't
last long, though, as my ears picked up the deafening roar of a huge waterfall…a real one this
time! I started paddling backwards as fast as possible but couldn't fight the current and started
falling and falling and falling. Moments after I heard screams telling me that Cynthia was falling
too, I landed face down in the water. Gathering the strength to look up, I couldn't believe my
eyes. We were in a river outside the cave.
In By the Monkey's Tail (2006) by Kerrie O'Connor, Lucy, Ricardo
and their Telarian friends outwit the soldiers oppressing civilians in the
world of Telares. The young protagonists battle an underground river,
take part in a desperate chase and attempt a daring rescue.
The Young City, The Unwritten Books (2008) by James Bow addresses that perplexing question,
what happens when the future becomes the past? Rosemary and Peter fall into an underground
river and are swept back in time, to Toronto in 1884. As the days turn to weeks, then months,
they begin to wonder, what if they can never return? Then someone brings them a watch
powered by a battery made in Taiwan!
Valley of the Shadow: A Journey through Grief (2009) by Sybil Austin
Skakle has a romantic theme, something no Boys Club would allow.
The receding water's strong vortex sucked Cody backwards down
the hole in the middle of the pond. One hand wavered above the
water for a moment and then vanished.
Otho walked back to the camel and got a length of rope. He called
Norm over to his side. Before Norm knew what was happening, Otho
had tied the rope around his waist.
Orho looked down at him and said in his sternest voice, "Walk down
to the edge of the hole and see if you can spot Cody."
Norm slowly trudged forward. Slowly he waded through the mud until he reached the opening
and cautiously looked down the hole. He yelled back over his shoulder, "It drops about thirty
feet to a subterranean river which flows rapidly to the east, but there is no sign of Cody."
Norm yelled, "Cody," a couple of times but there was no answer. He looked at the others and
said, "He must have been washed away by the underground river. It looks fast."
Kristi's brown eyes were desolate... She started crying, "I never even told him that I loved him!"
Otho went over, put his arm around her, and said," Done worry, he'll be all right. You watch
and see he's a survivor. He'll show up somewhere, somehow."
Nevertheless, in his heart, Otho had his doubts.
Even if he survived a thirty-foot fall, could he survive a turbulent underground river?
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