Deborah Morris
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Review "A series with such a combination of high entertainment value and action packed adventure is a rare find that children and parents alike will a
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ppreciate." -- New York Metropolitan News, August 28, 1995"The stories make you want to keep reading." -- [Iowa] Daily Democrat, July 28, 1995 Product Description Real life dramas for kids, about kids! An Oklahoma boy plunges through roiling flames again and again to pull four younger kids from their burning apartment. From the Publisher This book was previously published by Broadman & Holman as Real Kids, Real Adventures #3: Runaway Hot Air Balloon... A Colorado boy with a learning disability has only hours to absorb complicated pilot lessons when he's trapped in a runaway hot air balloon....Two Texas teens lead the daring river rescue of three small children trapped inside a sinking stationwagon. From the Author Real Kids, Real Adventures is now a weekly TV series on the Discovery Channel! This volume is an Accelerated Reader choice on Disk J-003. From the Back Cover Three amazing true stories of young heroes and survivors-- real kids just like you! About the Author Deborah Morris is the author of 15 books, including the Real Kids Real Adventures book series (adapted as an Emmy-nominated TV series on Discovery). She has also written more than 140 feature magazine articles and co-produced two reality-based TV movies. Deborah lives in Texas with her husband, three dogs, two parakeets, one cat, an English house sparrow, and a pink-toe tarantula. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. They'd only taken a few steps toward the apartment building when Brandon suddenly yelled, "Hey! Look at that!" Robert followed his gaze. The windows of a ground floor apartment directly ahead were filled with huge orange flames! As they stared, black smoke poured from the windows and out from under the front door. Brandon acted quickly. "FIRE!" he yelled. "Fire! Fire! Call 9-1-1!" Heart pounding, he raced forward and put his fists up to pound on the door. That was when he heard the muffled screams. "Help! Help!" It was a child's faint cry, almost a sob. He looked around wildly, but there was no one else to help. He turned to Robert. "I'm going inside. You stay here and show the firemen where to go when they show up." "You can't go in there!" Robert cried. "You'll fry!" "A little kid's in there!" Shaking his friend off, Brandon turned the doorknob and darted inside. (From "Apartment Fire")
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