Into The River Paperback – Large Print, 19 Jan 2015

Review

Into the River won the supreme Margaret Mahy Book of the Year award at the NZ Post Children's Book Awards.

"Both daring and compulsively readable, in "Into the River" Ted Dawe combines mythology, history and gritty realism into a powerful novel. An outstanding piece of world literature.
John Boyne, #1 "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas"
"I was entirely gripped by INTO THE RIVER, and struck by how relevant its content is to a contemporary teenage audience. This is an important, skillfully-told novel, and it deserves to be talked about. In short, I love this book. I m not sure I can praise it enough.
Lucy Christopher, author of "Stolen," a Printz Award honor book, and "Flyaway," shortlisted for the Costa Award
"Te Arepa/Devon is a deeply compelling character...Readers will either see themselves in Devon and his story or will reconsider their own roles in their schools' social structures...an object lesson in how systems of power perpetuate themselves.
"Kirkus Reviews"
"Te Arepa, who cycles through a believable variety of identities and struggles, is beautifully vivid. The compassionate depiction of the teen s choices, both good and bad, as well as the candid portrayal of life at an all-boys school, packed as it is with drugs, drinking, sex, and violent bullying, will give this significant appeal for fans of character-driven novels where the conclusions aren t very rosy, let alone clearly definitive.
"Booklist"
"Emphasizes the complications of culture, loyalty, and consequences when there is freedom and then there is everything else.
"Publishers Weekly"
" --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Ted Dawe, who has had a long career as a teacher, stunned readers with his impressive first novel Thunder Road - winner in 2004 of the Best First Book Award and Senior Fiction category of the coveted New Zealand Post Childrens and Young Adults Book Awards.