River Boy
Author: Tim Bowler
Translator: Hae-young Jeong
Publisher: Dasanchaekbang
240 pages | 210*145mm
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About This Book
"She needed to swim. To be deprived of swimming would be like a perverse
kind of drowning. She loved the sensation of power and speed, the
feeling of glistening in a bed of foam." Jess is a passionate distance
swimmer, and has been looking for a unique water challenge to test her
endurance. But when her adored grandfather, an irascible artist, suffers
a heart attack, she focuses all her energy on making him well.
Though weak and perhaps dying, her grandfather insists that the family
still take their planned vacation--a trip to the rural countryside where
he spent his boyhood. There, Jess finds a river that is perfect for
swimming, the same river that is the inspiration for her grandfather's
latest painting, titled River Boy. As the shadowy image of a boy takes
shape on her grandfather's canvas, Jess encounters her own river boy, a
mysterious young man who seems to be able to swim as well as she does.
In discovering how the two "river boys" are related, Jess finds both the
swimming challenge she has been searching for and a graceful way to cope
with her grandfather's passing.
British author Tim Bowler gently illustrates the fear of a loved one's
passing by using a river's timeless flow as a metaphor for the journey
of life. Teens will relate to Jess's frustration with her lack of
control over her grandfather's situation, while being moved to a better
understanding and acceptance of death. River Boy is the winner of the
1998 Carnegie Medal for excellence in children's literature. --Jennifer
Hubert (Amazon.com)
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