Title: On my honor
First published: July 1979
Description: When his best friend drowns while they are both swimming in a treacherous river that they had promised never to go near, Joel is devastated and terrified at having to tell both sets of parents the terrible consequences of their disobedience.
Subjects: Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Conduct of life, Obedience, Friendship, Accidents, Drowning, Human behavior, Newbery Honor, Children's fiction, Behavior, fiction, Friendship, fiction, Large type books, award:Newbery_award