Book Review :: Riley Mae and the Ready Eddy Rapids by Jill Osborne

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Riley Mae and the Ready Eddy Rapids is the second book in The Good News Shoes series (Faithgirlz!) by Jill Osborne. (You can read my review of the first book, Riley Mae and the Rock Shocker Trek, here.) This was once again an easy to read book - 252 pages divided into 55 short chapters.

I really enjoyed the first book, Riley Mae and the Rock Shocker Trek, but I have to admit - Riley Mae and the Ready Eddy Rapids was even better. The excitement for this book ran all the way through (where the first book didn't have much mystery until about halfway through). Again, we follow Riley Mae on her adventures as the Swiftriver "Shoe Girl". Riley Mae and the Ready Eddy Rapids starts out where the first book left off, and the adventures just keep coming. The story was exciting, there were new characters introduced, and it left me wanting to get my hands on the next book, Riley Mae and the Sole Fire Safari!

I would highly suggest reading Riley Mae and the Rock Shocker Trek before reading Riley Mae and the Ready Eddy Rapids so that you are able to easily follow along with the plot, but even without doing so the author does provide some short explanations for many of the points that might be confusing to someone who had only started with this book.

I am not exactly the book's target audience, but my 10 year old daughter is. Here is a review from her: "I really liked Riley Mae and the Ready Eddy Rapids. I think it was a just a little bit better than the first book, Riley Mae and the Rock Shocker Trek, because it had lots more excitement. I liked the beginning a lot because of the mystery in it. I like how Riley Mae gets to learn more about Flip and Fawn's story. I would like to get the next book."
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