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328 pp.
| Farrar |
March, 2016 |
TradeISBN 978-0-374-36313-0$16.99
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YARiverman Trilogy series.
Starmer here shifts focus from protagonist Alistair (The Riverman; The Whisper) to his older sister, Keri, whose unsettling stories seem intertwined with a fantasy world that Alistair believes is connected to the unsolved disappearances of two of his classmates. The intricate, metaphor-laden plot; externalized personal struggles; and stories within stories give dedicated, intellectual middle-school readers a rich, intriguingly ambiguous world to explore.