Great book about survival and learning how to respect nature. Sarah is not having a good time on her field trip to the Everglades, so when she invited on an airboat tour by Andy, a boy she meets who lives in the Glades, she decides to ditch her class (fakes being sick) and go with him on this secret and possibly forbidden excursion. She's never done anything exciting or against the rules like this before! But the trip quickly goes from fun adventure to life-or-death situation when the boat sinks and she and Andy must walk--seven or more miles!--out of the swamp! With the wrong clothes and shoes on, very little food and fresh water, and crazy afraid of even the spiders in the swamp, not to mention the poisonous snakes and ALLIGATORS they encounter, how will Sarah ever survive? I enjoyed this book for its realistic depiction of the flora and fauna of the Everglades, from the humidity to the sawgrass to the myriad creepy-crawlies and flying things. Sarah is a character you learn to like as she matures through her adventure. And readers will definitely be asking themselves, "could *I* survive three days on foot in the Everglades?"