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Title: River Boy <>Binding: Mass Market Paperback <>Author: TimBowler <>Publisher: SimonPulse
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Tim Bower's tense and sensitive River Boy is, quite simply, an excellent book that deservedly won the Carnegie Medal in 1998.
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Jess, a talented and obsessive swimmer, finds it difficult to come to terms with her grandfather's impending death but at the same time cannot understand his refusal to let go until he has finished his final painting "River Boy". On a family holiday, which takes Jess and Grandpa back to the places of his childhood, Jess too becomes involved in the mysterious painting and finds herself drawn to the real River-Boy who leads her into a challenge that she must complete before it is too late.
Written with a sense of calm amidst the brooding atmosphere of the story it tells, River Boy is a well-crafted, poetic novel written by a man whose talent for creating visual images with the use of a few, carefully chosen words will surely help to make it a modern classic.
Hot on atmosphere and strong on characters this haunting book, which so delicately yet so profoundly looks at the very nature of life and death, the past and the future, deserves a place on every discerning readers bookshelf. (Ages 10 and over). --Susan Harrison
"The Horn Book Magazine" There is no question that the tightly scripted plot with its steadily building tension will keep readers spellbound to the end.
Susan Cooper, Newbery Medal Winner, "The Grey King" A river is a natural metaphor for life and death, and Tim Bowler uses it to wonderful effect in this lovely, simple story. "River Boy" is written in quiet, non-poetic prose -- but it's a poem, as well as a very moving novel.
"The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books" Cormier fans...are likely to find this just their cup of astringent tea.
"School Library Journal" (starred review) This psychological thriller is immediately engaging...[and] suspenseful and fast-paced throughout.
Susan Cooper, Newbery Medal Winner, "The Grey King" A river is a natural metaphor for life and death, and Tim Bowler uses it to wonderful effect in this lovely, simple story. "River Boy" is written in quiet, non-poetic prose -- but it's a poem, as well as a very moving novel.
"The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books" Cormier fans...are likely to find this just their cup of astringent tea.
"School Library Journal" (starred review) This psychological thriller is immediately engaging...[and] suspenseful and fast-paced throughout.
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- PublisherMargaret K. McElderry Books
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0689848048
- ISBN 13 9780689848049
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Fifteen-year-old Jess's grandfather has just had a major heart attack, but he insists he finish his painting, River Boy. At first, Jess cannot understand why this painting is so important to her grandfather, especially since there doesn't seem to be any boy in it at all. But while swimming in the river herself, Jess begins to feel the presence of a strange boy. Could this be the same one her ailing grandfather struggles to paint? And if so, why has he returned? Knowing that he is dying, Jess's grandfather insists on returning to the river he had known as a boy to finish a special painting and fulfill a life-long dream. Winner of the 1998 Carnegie Medal. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780689848049
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