Rescue Josh McGuire

Rescue Josh McGuire

By: Ben Mikaelson

          This book is about a 13 year old boy who lives with his mom and dad. His mom is abused by his dad that is an alcoholic.  One day Josh goes hunting with his dad Sam, Sam shoots a sow that has a cub. In the middle of the night while they are sleeping Josh goes out to find the cub. He finds it and brings it back and the next day they go home and Sam finds out about the cub and calls the game warden, then the game warden tells Sam he is coming the next day.

          So in the middle of the night Josh packs up supplies and leaves a note for his parents telling them good bye. He loads up his dog on a motorcycle and the cub and his supplies and he goes up into the mountains. Before Josh leaves he talks to an old friend named Otis. And Otis is an animal lover, so when josh tells Otis what is going on with the orphaned cub. Josh tells Otis that he is going to the mountains to try and save the cub.

            When Josh goes to the mountain he happens to go in late fall when it is very close to winter. After a week up in the mountain Josh finds a small cave that is big enough that he can lie down and stand up in. The next morning Josh wakes up to the ground blanketed in snow and its cold very cold. The only coat Josh has is a jacket but he does have a sleeping bag.

            The same day of the snowstorm Josh’s dog goes missing. A couple minutes later when josh hears a snarling growl he knows exactly what it is. It is his dog fighting with a bear, when he runs over to where he heard the growl he sees his dog laying on the ground with red blood stripes across her chest. Josh throws his coat over his dog, gets on the dirt bike, and drives to the nearest town to call Otis. When he gets a hold of Otis he tells Otis to meet him at a secluded cabin in the mountains to take the dog to a vet.

            Once police get word that a man has seen Josh and has his dog they go and contact him right away. When the police talk to Otis he says he will not give up the location of Josh. When josh leaves the cabin on his motorcycle he rides until it is time to turn off to where he is camped. In the dark Josh gets side tracked and takes the wrong way and drives his motorcycle off of a 20 foot cliff. Josh is laying in agonizing pain on the ground with a broken leg, arm, and a couple of broken ribs.

            After a couple of minutes laying on the ground Josh wakes up from being knocked out, he gets his bearings he crawls to a nearby creek with his one arm.

            Mean time at the police station Otis tells the police where Josh was hoping he had left the area. When the search party went out looking for josh they found him by the cub. The search party loaded Josh up on a gurney and packed him and the cub out.

            When Josh wakes up he is in the hospital and his mom and dad were there to greet him. The police officer that ran the whole operation met Josh and told him to come outside when he went outside the cub and his dog were waiting for him.