The River King

A story about a small town's surface appearance and the truths submerged below from the New York Times bestselling author of The Rules of Magic.

People tend to stay in their place in the town of Haddan. The students at the prestigious prep school don't mix with locals; even within the school, hierarchy rules as freshman and faculty members find out where they fit in and what is expected from them. But there are minor collisions happening everywhere: An awkward boy, the son of a teacher, is flirting with a pretty classmate, the daughter of a convenience-store cashier. A photographer in plastic flip-flops and an overflowing backpack is about to marry a staid, ambitious historian. And when a body is found in the river behind the school, a local policeman named Abey Grey will walk into this enclosed world and upset it entirely...

Author: Alice Hoffman
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 07/01/2001
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780425179673

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.3
Point Value: 18
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 55238 / River King


Award: 2002 Colorado Blue Spruce Award Nominee - Young Adult
Award: 2001 Massachusetts Book Award (MassBook) Honor Book - Fiction