Letting Swift River Go

Yolen, Jane

ISBN 10: 078578036X ISBN 13: 9780785780366

Publisher: Turtleback Books, 1999

Synopsis

In the middle of this century, the Swift River towns in western Massachusetts were drowned - purchased by the government and flooded in order to form the Quabbin Reservoir. "Letting Swift River Go" tells of this dramatic event through the eyes of a young girl, Sally Jane, as she watches her thriving hometown transformed into a wilderness and then submerged. Sally Jane's story vividly recalls life and changing times in rural America: playing by the Old Stone Mill and later watching it be torn down; harvesting maple sap and seeing those same trees uprooted; walking to school along a winding balcktop road and returning many years later to float above the same road in a rowboat on the new reservoir.

About this title

About the Author:

Jane Yolen is the author of a great number of books for young readers, including How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight. Among her many awards are a Caldecott Medal, a Caldecott Honor, two Nebula Awards, two Christopher Medals, and the World Fantasy Award. She is also a poet and teacher of writing and literature.

Synopsis:

Relates Sally Jane's experience of changing times in rural America, as she lives through the drowning of the Swift River towns in western Massachusetts to form the Quabbin Reservoir.

About this edition

• Publisher: Turtleback Books
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 078578036X
• ISBN 13: 9780785780366
• Binding: School & Library Binding
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Cooney Barbara