Dude's Gotta River Raft

A French marmot who adores mountain sports! Middle grade book for 8-12 yrs

What is she thinking? She's not even sure if she can swim!

Magali and her friends discover the river and a new sport. Rafting! It looks wicked, rad, totally cool. 'Let's do it!' Her friends are keen but Magali is unsure.

They meet a boar with a really long snout who boasts that he and his team are the fastest rafters. Henri Le Hare and F-F-Foxy laugh him off. 'Best river rafters? You? Ha ha ha! I don't think so! We are the best. In everything.'

Dude, what's it going to take for Magali and her friends to beat the boar on race night?

Young readers will enjoy this middle grade fantasy adventure book set in the French Alps. There are animals of all sizes; foxes, boar, deer, rabbits, eagles, hedgehogs, owls, you name it, rafting at night!

Each book can be read as an individual book or as part of the Dude Series. The books have British spelling. For ages 8-12 years.

Dude's Gotta Snowboard (Book 1) 

Dude's Gotta River Raft (Book 2) 

Dude's Gotta Mountain Bike (Book 3) 

Dude's Gotta Paraglide (Book 4) 

Dude's Gotta Bobsleigh (Book 5) 

Dude's Gotta Rock Climb (Book 6) 

Dude's Gotta Paintball (Book 7) 

Dude's Gotta Wakeboard (Book 8 Final book in series)

Question for the Author

How did you come up with the character of Magali?

'You know, I really love the French Alps, and looking at all the animals that live in the mountains. I'm Australian, so I had never seen a marmot before moving to France. I worked one summer, for a kids summer camp, and part of my job was to take the children out on walks. We would go looking for marmots, all of us being very quiet, secretly sneaking up to the holes in the ground, where the entrances to the marmot burrows were. Of course, we would make too much noise and the marmots would disappear into their underground tunnels, but sometimes we were lucky and able to take photos. I think their underground homes took over my imagination, and before you knew it, I had a whole chapter book in my head, with Magali as the principal character!'