River Rat [Hardcover]

Robbie Jasper is a graduating high school student who lives in a family whose parents are controlling as well as neglectful towards his interests and needs. ?Mr. Jasper is an Architectural Engineer who is gone a lot and travels the world maintaining his familys wealthy lifestyle while Mrs. Jasper is more concerned about what others think about her than she does about her family. ?
Robbies father schedules a 10 day canoe trip down the Rio Grande River in an attempt to mend family bonds that have been taken for granted for years. ? Their trip is met with disaster with Robbie being the only survivor. ?Robbie embraces the grounded values, principles and simple lifestyle of a River Rat who finds and saves his life on the Rio Grande and becomes a River Rat, himself. ?With Robbies genius ?aptitude still intact, he is able to help his customers in ways that no one could have possibly foreseen.