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Product Details
Simon Pulse, January 2002
Mass Market Paperback, 160 pages
ISBN-10: 0689848048
ISBN-13: 9780689848049
Grades: 7 - 7
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Chapter 1
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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?
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Chapter 1Susan 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.
School Library Journal (starred review)
This psychological thriller is immediately engaging...[and] suspenseful and fast-paced throughout.
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
Cormier fans...are likely to find this just their cup of astringent tea.
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.
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