"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." -- BOOK JACKET
Notes
Novel is written in verse format
Audience
For secondary students
Notes
Children's Book Council of Australia Honour Book - Older Readers, 2005
Children's Book Council of Australia Awards - Book of the Year : Older reader ; shortlisted 2005