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The River King by Alice Hoffman

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The River King by Alice Hoffman

A story about a small town's surface appearance and the truths submerged below from the New York Times bestselling author of The Rules of Magic.

People tend to stay in their place in the town of Haddan. The students at the prestigious prep school don't mix with locals; even within the school, hierarchy rules as freshman and faculty members find out where they fit in and what is expected from them. But there are minor collisions happening everywhere: An awkward boy, the son of a teacher, is flirting with a pretty classmate, the daughter of a convenience-store cashier. A photographer in plastic flip-flops and an overflowing backpack is about to marry a staid, ambitious historian. And when a body is found in the river behind the school, a local policeman named Abey Grey will walk into this enclosed world and upset it entirely...
ALICE HOFFMAN is the bestselling author of twenty-five acclaimed novels, including The Third Angel, The Ice Queen, Practical Magic, and Here on Earth, an Oprah Book Club selection. She has also written two books of short stories, and eight books for children and young adults. Her work has been translated into more than twenty languages and published in more than one hundred foreign editions. She divides her time between Boston and New York City.
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ISBN 13 9780425179673
ISBN 10 0425179672
Title The River King
Author Alice Hoffman
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published 2001-07-01
Number of pages 352
Prizes Commended for Massachusetts Book Award (MassBook) (Fiction) 2001, Short-listed for Colorado Blue Spruce Award 2002
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.