Kate’s 2¢: “Rough Waters” by S. L. Rottman

Rough Waters” by S. L. Rottman

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   This was a well written story for middle and high school students. It tapped into the parent/adult conflict about authority issues. The title has a double meaning, that’s for sure.

www.bookrags.com/biography/s-l-rottman

Susan Lynn  Rottman

Authors and Artists for Young Adults on S. L. Rottman The author of several award-winning novels for young adults, S. L. Rottman was initially inspired to write novels, as she told Pamela Sissi Carroll in the ALAN Review, by the negative response her students always gave …

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

Rough waters DB47054

Rottman, S. L. Reading time: 7 hours, 50 minutes.

Read by Phil Regensdorf. National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress.

Young Adult

After their parents die in a car crash, Scott, fifteen, and Gregg, seventeen, are shocked to learn their guardian is an unknown uncle who doesn’t seem thrilled to get them. The boys move to his small Colorado town where they are immediately immersed in their young uncle’s white-water-rafting business. For junior and senior high readers.

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