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Sent outside to enjoy the wintery weather, Shawn Mahoney and his younger brother, Craig, along with Shawn’s best friend, Tony, wander over to the new bridge built near their homes in Riverview.  The bridge, which spans the Petitcoudiac river, links their town with the city of Moncton, New Brunswick.
Standing on the bridge watching the river below, which looks like a lumpy chocolate milkshake, with its brown water and chunks of ice and slush, Tony spies a Manga Warriors card lying on the ice under the bridge and soon the three boys slip and slide their way down to claim it.  Wrestling playfully, they look up to see a police officer running toward them pointing and yelling, but cannot imagine what he might be trying to tell them until they hear a crack.  It is then that they realize that the ice they are standing on it about to break away from the bank.  Before they can make it to safety, a second crack sends the ice and the boys onto the river.  Though the police officer tries to rescue them further down river, the boys spin rapidly beyond his reach, and the ice they are perched on heads toward the Bay of Fundy.
Nearby, Petra prepares to spend her birthday skiing with her uncle Daryl, a fire-fighter.  When they pick up the emergency message on the police scanner in Daryl’s truck, the two join the rescue efforts, hoping to be able to put to use the zodiac inflatable boat that Daryl happens to have on a trailer on the back of his truck.  But, when they reach an access point where they can launch the inflatable, Daryl is badly injured when the boat falls on his arm.  With her uncle being cared for by a passing motorist, Petra decides that she must carry out the rescue attempt on her own.  She gets the boat into the icy waters and heads out into the river in search of the missing boys.
As darkness falls and the temperature begins to dip, the four kids must draw upon all of their strength and ingenuity to survive until Search and Rescue can find them.
Based on a true story, Chocolate River Rescue is a fast-paced adventure that will have you cheering for its young heroes!
FernFolio Editor