Trapped on Arenal
by Winston Ruby

ISBN 978-0-9733192-3-1 214 pages, b&w illustrations Price: CDN$12.95 Qty:

Book Description Winston Ruby's new book Trapped On Arenal is an action adventure novel which is aimed at a youth audience. The book is about a young boy Josh Watkins 14,who live a quiet life on a farm with his uncle. They grow a little Rhubarb and a few turnips and Josh has hardly a care in the world. True his father is constantly away on mysterious and probably illegal business, and his crusty old, money grubbing grandmother keeps saddling him with usless chores up at the old house, but overall things are going well. Then somthing goes wrong, horribly wrong: his grandmother dies and leaves him a fortune in cash , bonds and real estate. In a dispute over the will a cousin , that loud-mouth Billy-Jack ends up with a knife in his back and Josh is on the run. With the help of another cousin, and a bundle of newly-acquired cash, Jost escapes to Costa Rica. However, he is pursued by two "goons" from home who could care less about any murder charges Josh might be facing. Josh knows they want just one thing: to eliminate Josh and cut others in on his grandmother`s will. This is the second book in a travel -adventure series. The first Escape from Chichen Itza, involved tomb robbers and was set entirely in Mexico. This time, the story begins in Canada and countinues in Costa Rica, a land of warm people and beautiful scenery. Josh would have enjoyed it if he not been so busy avoiding the crocs, poisonous snakes and the two goons hot on his trail.