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Chivers Children's Audio Books is proud to present you with our brand new collection of titles on Compact Disc! As always, these high-quality books are recorded complete and unabridged. All of our titles will still be available on cassette, but now you have the opportunity to order selected Chivers Children's Audio Books on Compact Disc!
When Grandpa insists on going back to his boyhood home to finish his painting, "River Boy," Jess becomes entranced by the scene he is painting. And then she becomes aware of a strange presence in the river, a boy, asking her for help. Only later does she realize that, in a strange way, the river boy had been part of her all along, like in a dream. And then the dream was her life...
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
River boy is a spellbinding novel that drags you into the print,its magical plot allows you to feel for the charactors. I couldn't and wouldn't put this book down, through the pages there where mixed emotions laughs aching my stomach, tears reddening my eyes and my teeth gritting with tension.Tim Bowler is gifted in that he can write such enchanting story lines,he has added a fact of life with a touch of his own experiece, to paper and there he has what I think is a bestselling book.I hope you have this opportunity to read this book as I have, I know it sounds stupid but it helped me cope with a tough patch I was going through.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
A brilliantly touching and mystical masterpiece
9 May 2000
Format:Paperback
Tim Bowler portrays the relationship between Jess and her Grandpa with sensitivity but at no time does it become over-sentimental. There are many mystical, spiritual and emotional elements to this book that make it a book which is accessible on so many levels. I am 21 years old and read this book because I had to study it as part of my teaching degree but would definately put it into my top ten - it reminded me so much of my relationship with my own grandad. This will most certainly become a classic in children's literature
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
river review
31 Oct 2004
Format:Mass Market Paperback
The book I chose to read and review was River Boy by Tim Bowler. It is a very interesting book to read which is very surprising to me because the cover made it seem like a boring book (never judge a book by it's cover. The story had a mystery to it that you couldn't figure out until the very end of the book. I like how the author used the river flowing like humans' life and death. Our birth is where the river forms and our struggles are like the rivers fast times and slow times and the river finally flows into the ocean, and that is our death. I enjoyed this book a lot and is now one of my favorite books. It must be good because it won the 1998 Carnegie medal (which is a medal for the best childrens book). It was a good book to me so I think reader age13-17 would enjoy it also.
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Ride the river...
11 July 2003
Format:Mass Market Paperback
The book is about Jess and her ill grandfather. Jess's grandfather just had a heart attack, but before dying, he wishes to complete a painting. To him, painting is like breathing, and w/o finishing it, he would die unfulfilled. The painting is named River Boy, and shortly after, Jess starts seeing this River Boy. For Jess, it is a long ride to let go of her grandfather and to understand the past of this mysterious "river boy".
The book is a good quick read, so that afterwards you can reflect on its meaning. It has a slight deepness that's attractive, but not too much, so that it doesn't make the reader sink. Instead, it is slow, gentle, yet enticing. Enjoy it.
The book is a good quick read, so that afterwards you can reflect on its meaning. It has a slight deepness that's attractive, but not too much, so that it doesn't make the reader sink. Instead, it is slow, gentle, yet enticing. Enjoy it.
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