By the River
Author(s): Steven Herrick
This memorable novel in verse, a USBBY Outstanding International Book, reveals the tough and tender sides of a young boy growing up in a small, sleepy river town in Australia. Harry swims in the swamp, eats watermelon with his brother and dad, survives schoolyard battles, and races through butterflies in Cowpers Paddock. Life isn't easy - his mother died when he was seven, and he lost his friend Linda in a flood. Harry yearns to get away, but there's a mystery that he needs to solve first.
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Winner of USBBY Outstanding International Book for Grades 3-5 2007 and NSW Premier's Literary Award Ethel Turner Prize 2005 and Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year: Upper Primary Children 2005. Runner-up for Children's Book Council of Australia Awards: Book of the Year - Older Readers 2005.
Herrick captures the essence of his characters with deft strokes concise, eloquent and moving.'Andrew Riemer, The Sydney Morning Herald, September 11-12, 2004 Herrick's language is spare and lyrical'Magpies Vol 19 No 4 September 2004highly emotional poetry that can induce tears of both laughter and sadness. Harry's voice is compelling and without guile.' The AgeSat 14/08/04exquisite prose verse - beautifully told' Kirkus Reviews, USAAnother outstanding verse novel by Steven Herrick A wonderful example of Australian identity' Judith Way, Mill Park Secondary College, VIC
General Fields
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- : A&U Children's
- : A & U Children
- : 0.24
- : August 2004
- : 195mm X 132mm X 18mm
- : books
Special Fields
- : Steven Herrick
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : English
- : 240
