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Summary Of Ricochet River By Robin Cody

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Ricochet River, written by Robin Cody, is a fictional book that takes place in a small town called Calamus, Oregon. And in this town, the loggers are treated like royalty. However, the story of the book focuses on the Curren Family, as well as Wade Currens friends, Jesse, and Wade's girlfriend Lorna. Characters, no matter what the book is, usually evolve towards the end of the story. This applies to Wade in many ways; such as at the beginning of the book he accepts Lorna box theorem, and enjoys it, However towards the end of the book Wade has stated to reject the box theorem and wants to get out of his box. Wade Curren is dating someone who he has known his entire life, Lorna, and Lorna has a few ideas of how far you can get in life, which is not far. Lorna abhors Calamus and she can't wait to leave the …show more content…

Throughout Ricochet River the people change, for better or worse. The positive opinion towards Jesse changes throughout the book; the town only likes him for what he can do, not for who he is. Moreover, Wade has changed his opinion on the acceptance of being in a box, but he isn't fully convinced he wants to leave the box yet. However, things are changing in calamus, although it might not benefit for the better of the town. Lorna is looking for an escape from Calamus, so she looks towards early admission into a college, Bryn Mawr. Wade sends an application to Princeton and gets accepted into the school; Lorna however, gets denied by all the colleges she applied to. Wade, reluctant to leave Calamus, tells his family that he wants to wait a year before going to Princeton. He does this because he wants to wait till Lorna graduates and he wants to work in the wood to earn some money. Wade, during the last chapter of Ricochet River completely changes his opinion of wanting to stay in Calamus, especially after Jesse's death. Lorna and Wade leave Calamus to head down to Astoria, and they most likely will never return to

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