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Children's, Teenage & Young Adult

Riverkeep

Martin Stewart (author)

Paperback Published on: 28/04/2016

£8.99

5 reviews

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Bookseller Reviews

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A brilliant fantasy quest that reads like a classic!

This book is perfect for fans of an classical fantasy texts, from the Wizard of Oz to the His Dark Materials Trilogy. Wulliam is reluctant to accept his fa... READ MORE

Hannah

Synopsis

Shortlisted for the Bookseller YA Book Prize 2017

Fifteen-year-old Wulliam is dreading taking up his family's mantle of Riverkeep, tending the river and fishing corpses from its treacherous waters. But then everything changes. One night his father is possessed by a dark spirit, and Wull hears that a cure lurks deep within the great sea-beast known as the mormorach. He realizes he must go on an epic journey downriver to find it - or lose Pappa forever.

Publisher information

Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
ISBN: 9780141362038
Number of pages: 368
Dimensions: 198 x 128 x 22 mm
Interest age: From 11 years
Weight: 253g
Languages: English

Customer Reviews

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Enjoyable enough for a fantasy reader

I would agree with some of the other reviewers here, this book has a bit of everything and something more in between. All the mash-ups are popular nowadays... READ MORE

Stanislava Kohut

Worthy of any minute devoted to its reading

Wulliam is soon to be the new Riverkeep. At the age of 16, he will take his father’s job of making sure the river is passable; free of ice and the occasion... READ MORE

Joy Finlayson

This is epic fantasy, horror and a literary treat all rolled into one. Read and enjoy.

I received this copy from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review This book is a wonderful tale of a young boy, Wull, who is way out o... READ MORE

Rosemary Standeven