On My Honor

“On your honor?” Joel’s father said. “You won’t go anywhere except the park?”
“On my honor,” Joel repeated.
During a bicycle trip to the state park, Joel dares his best fried Tony to a swimming race in the dangerous Vermillion River. The boys have been warned never to go near the river, but Tony can’t let Joel think he’s scared. Both boys jump in.
When Joel reaches the sandbar, he turns and looks for Tony and finds that he has vanished. Joel is stunned. How can he face their parents and the terrible truth?