2006 Breakfast Serial
CCR Sponsors Serial Novel in the Centre Daily Times
 "Desolation Canyon,” a 16-chapter Breakfast Serial sponsored by Centre County Reads, will
run in the Centre Daily Times for eight weeks
beginning Saturday June 24, 2006. Look
for the story in the Centre Living section each Saturday and Sunday.
Breakfast Serials are serial novels—each novel a continuing story published over a period of
time with planned and dramatic interruptions.
The Story
Twelve-year-old Aaron and his father, along with Lisa and her father, Roger, and
Willie and his 14-year-old son Cassidy, set off on an white-water rafting adventure down the Green River, Utah. They intend to pass through Desolation Canyon,
famous for its difficult rapids.
While the dads have considerable river experience, Aaron has much to learn. As for
young Cassidy, though he has had some experience with rafting there is much wildness
in him. Worse, his practical jokes and bad attitude are enough to make a hard trip
that much more difficult. This difficulty comes to a boil in tensions between Aaron’s
dad and Cassidy.
Matters turn critical
when a raft is found floating empty with both he and Cassidy
missing. Has Cassidy
turned to violence on the violent river? And even if there
has been no violence, will the expedition ever get to safety? After all, Desolation
Canyon is a place that long ago earned its name.
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