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By the river / Steven Herrick.

Life for Harry means swimming in Pearce Swamp, eating chunks of watermelon with his brother and his dad, surviving schoolyard battles, and racing through butterflies in Cowpers Paddock. In his town there's Linda, who brings him the sweetest-ever orange cake, and Johnny, whose lightning fists draw blood in a blur, and there's a mystery that Harry needs to solve before he can find a way out... By The River is about feeling the undercurrents, finding solid ground and knowing when to jump.

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Barcode Shelf Location Collection Volume Ref. Branch Status Due Date Res.
C9009366819 YF HER
Young adult fiction   Smithfield Branch . . Available .  
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ISBN 9781741143577 (paperback)
Author Herrick, Steven, 1958- author.
Title By the river / Steven Herrick.
Published Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2004 .
Physical description 232 pages ; 20 cm.
General note Novel is written in verse format.
Summary Life for Harry means swimming in Pearce Swamp, eating chunks of watermelon with his brother and his dad, surviving schoolyard battles, and racing through butterflies in Cowpers Paddock. In his town there's Linda, who brings him the sweetest-ever orange cake, and Johnny, whose lightning fists draw blood in a blur, and there's a mystery that Harry needs to solve before he can find a way out... By The River is about feeling the undercurrents, finding solid ground and knowing when to jump.
Subject Country life -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction
Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction
Single-parent families -- Juvenile fiction
Nineteen sixties -- Juvenile fiction
Teenage boys -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction
Young adult fiction
Australian fiction
Novels in verse
Australia -- Social conditions -- Juvenile fiction
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