Tomorrow, the River

by Dianne E. Gray

Book Overview

With a long list of her mother's dos and don'ts swirling in her head, and with a ticket that will get her only halfway home at the end of summer, fourteen-year-old Megan Barnett boards the eastbound... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0618563296
• ISBN13: 9780618563296
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 233 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 10 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 7

Customer Reviews

Excellent Coming Of Age Story

Megan Barnett is about to have an Adventure. She is leaving home (a Nebraska farm) to live with her sister on a riverboat for the summer. She gets on the east-bound train, and her transformation begins. She talks to strangers; she, who has a gift of "seeing" learns that things, especially people, aren't always what they seem. She has harrowing experiences, exhilirating experiences, and life-view changing experiences. This book is chock-full of fantastic characters and situations. It is well written - you won't want to skip a paragraph. You fear for Megan, you cheer for Megan, and you want to read the last 1/3 of the book over and over; or at least I did. This is a fantastic story for a young girl; I whole-heartedly recommend it! (*)>

Excellent story of encounters and growing up.

Teen Megan is bound for the Mississippi River via train - and headed for an encounter with strangers that will change her life during the journey. Ignoring her mother's 'dos and don'ts' may affect her life in ways she can't predict in this excellent story of encounters and growing up.

Unforgettable

If you have a young girl reader in your life, YOU MUST GIVE HER THIS BOOK. Part historical fiction, part adventure mystery, part love story, it is exquistely crafted and deserves a place on everyone's shelves. Don't miss this one!