. . "Friendship Fiction." . . "Fiction"@en . . . . "In the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, thirteen-year-old Andy Broome meets a new friend, Trudy Mitchell. Through a fun-filled summer of fishing, playing and visiting two Belgian draft horses, Andy tries not to let Trudy learn his guilty secret about his mother's death, and the reason he won't go swimming at Blue Rock. As a summer storm engores the river, Any must rely on the skills and the courage he learned from his mother if he is to save the life of his friend."@en . . "Juvenile works"@en . "Blue Rock rescue"@en . . . . . . . . "Friendship Juvenile fiction." . . "Blue Ridge Mountains" . . "Mothers Death Juvenile fiction." . . "Mothers Death Fiction." . .