HONOUR BOOK: CBCA Book of the Year, Older Readers, 2005The big river rolls past our town, takes a slow look and rolls away.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 outBy the river is about the feeling the undercurrents, finding solid ground and knowing when to make a leap.Steven Herrick writes straight from the heart.
- ISBN10 174115197X
- ISBN13 9781741151978
- Publish Date 1 August 2004
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country AU
- Publisher Allen & Unwin
- Imprint A&U Children
- Format eBook (EPUB)
- Pages 240
- Language English