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1 online resource (1 audio file (4hr., 05 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Narrated by Christina Moore. |
| Summary |
Jess and her parents have brought Grandpa back to his boyhood home by the river. Although the old man has recently suffered a heart attack, he insists on this journey. He wants to finish one last painting before he dies. Jess is training to be a long distance swimmer, so when Grandpa is napping, she practices in the river. But soon she starts seeing a presence there--one that is also affecting Grandpa's painting. Who is the boyish figure Jess sees in the river? What does he want her to do? Tim Bowler grew up in a house overlooking an estuary of the Thames. A scholar, translator and writer, he wanted to create a book that would use the river as a spiritual metaphor for the course of life and death. River Boy is a gripping story as well as an invitation to discuss the ways people cope with dying. It was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 1998. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Grandfathers -- Fiction.
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Death -- Fiction.
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Artists -- Fiction.
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Swimming -- Fiction.
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| Added Author |
Moore, Christina. Narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781449879594 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1449879594 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT13526036 |
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