Swept Away: The Mountain

by Dafydd ab Hugh

Book Overview

An adventure hike to Hag's Tooth Mountain becomes a nightmare for Jeanette Taylor and her four friends when they are trapped between a flash flood and a dangerous killer, who makes Jeanette question... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061062901
• ISBN13: 9780061062902
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.2" x 6.8"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

swept away

it was the best book ever!!!!!!!!!!

Survive A Serial Killer While Lost In The Mountains

After nearly being raped (and possibly worse) by her psychotic childhood friend (Bill Hicks) in "Swept Away", Jeanette Taylor starts out on her own in the sequel, "The Mountain". She doesn't get very far, however, before she starts feeling guilty about abandoning Bill and Dwayne. Eventually, she returns to their camp with food (they were likely to starve without it) and regains her place as "captain" of the group.It doesn't take long, though, before Bill starts up again, creating problems between Jeanette and Dwayne, then threatening her without Dwayne's protection (although the "boyjock" isn't much help when he is around). (Like she didn't see it coming.) But when Bill tries to kill her while they're both hanging off a cliff, Jeanette surprises me by doing what she should have done before: she fights back--and kills Bill Hicks.Moments later Jeanette and Dwayne clear the cliff and stumble across Neil and Samma. Both are alive, but Neil's leg is badlyinjured from the flood that separated the group. When they question Bill's absence, Jeanette tries to explain what had happened. Samma, of course, doesn't believe her story at all, but at least Neil does. And that's all that matters to Jeanette. Well, that and trying to get rescued. :)This book is just as exciting as the first, and I highly recommend reading it if you've already read "Swept Away". There is some semi-graphic violence/hunting (one being a rabbit and the second a bear) that might disgust some readers. The worst, I thought, was the rabbit, basically because I had just gotten a pet rabbit a few days prior to starting this book. Very gross.Despite that--and Jeanette's annoying habit of quoting classic poetry and stories--, there weren't a lot of drawbacks to this book. (...) There's still a lot of witty humor and suspense that makes the story move along pretty fast. Don't miss reading this series if you like Christopher Pike or R. L. Stine.

EXCELLENT BOOK!

I loved this book! It had action, adventure, and yes, a smart @ss girl just trying to stay away from her pyscotic friend, Bill. Do they survive? Read this book to find out!

I read the book all day, when I was on vacation!

Dafydd's "Swept Away" trilogy is absolutely excellent. A couple of years ago I would hardly read, but when I picked up this book I took special interest. The book is modern and ideal for young adults. Because of the "Swept Away" trilogy I have taken an interest in reading books. So, trust me, this book rules. Bring the books back into print and do some damn advertising(my opinion to the publishers).

Awesome for adventure lovers

Swept Away:The Mountain is an awesome book. I highly recommend it for all the adventure lovers out there. Even if you are not into adventure, this book is positively awesome!!