Swift Rivers

by Cornelia Meigs

Book Overview

Newbery Honor book Barred from his family home-stead by his mean-spirited uncle, eighteen-year-old Chris weathers a Minnesota winter in a small cabin with his grandfather. Poverty and the tempting... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802777031
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Walker
• Length: 269 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.8" x 5.2"

Customer Reviews

Riveting

This book is not only a fast paced adventure, but a picture of a simpler time. It is a glimpse into an era in which, despite its rougher nature, dishonesty and criminality were relatively rare--at least in the circles the main character lives/travels in. I also found it refreshing the things (small and large) those in that time would do for someone else without expecting anything in return.The book has picturesque language, fast-paced adventure and interesting characters. It also has a certain amount of sentimentality.I read it with my 10-year-old son as part of the Sonlight Curriculum. It was used as a read aloud, not a reader. I concur with another reviewer that more would be gained from a child several years older than by a 9 year old, if read independently.My son enjoyed it and got some things out of it, and I got even more out of it. Although it is technically a "children's book", it could also be read by, and hold the interest of, an adult.

I absolutely loved this most interesting wonderful book!

You'll have to read it!