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\nThe Rat  \nCopyright 2000 by Jin LaMarchePrinted in the U.S.A.All rights reserved.htp:/ururue harpezchildrens.cOm  \n# LIBRARY OE CONGRESS CATALOCING-1N-PuBLICATNUN DALALaMarche,Jim.The raft/linr LaMarche.p.CM.\n\nSamnnary Relnctant Nicky spyvnuds a zawndeyfu summuer awih Grandnm,aho introduces tim to he jouy of rafting dnun:fie rier zuczr hey kuimueanud uzhching tihe anrinuals along fhe banks.  \nISBN0-688-13977-9(rade)—ISBN0-688-73978-7 (ibrary)  \nI1.Grandnrothers—Fkrfion.2.Raffing (Spors—Fiction.  \n3.RiersFicfion.4.Arimals—Ficfior.]I.Title.PZ7.L75957Raf 2000 [EI—dc2199-35546 CIP1098765432  \nFor Susan PearsonThanks for your help through the bends  \n# A Note from the Author\n\nTHIS STORYIS LIKE THE CIGAR BOX I kept as a boy—it's fullof bits and pieces ofmy boyhood summers.  \nLike Nicky in The Raft,I spent those summers with my grandparents at acottage in the north woods.My grandma was a self-taught artist and a finefryer of perch and bluegill.  \nAlso like Nicky,I once found an old raft.It happened one day when mydad and I were running our dog,Brownie,in the rolling hills near town.Wecame to an abandoned camp,where we found a small artesian pond withwater coming up from underground springs as cold and clear as glass.In theweeds along the shore,we found an old raft and a smooth pine pole.Much tomy surprise,my dad let me take the raft out on the pond by myself.  \nAnd again like Nicky,I discovered the power of drawing,and learned thatwhen you draw something,you get closer to it and know it better.  \nThis story is a little about all of those things—a summer in the woods,aspecial grandparent,becomng a river rat,and becoming an artist.","cbCaimdiBVTXUZAP","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimdiBVTXUZAP","pdf",2951231,46,"English","# The Raft\n# A Note from the Author","[{\"question\":\"What is the main plot of The Raft?\",\"answer\":\"The story follows a boy named Nicky who, during a summer with his grandmother, discovers the joy of rafting on a river and finds a passion 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