Ricochet River: 25th Anniversary Edition - Softcover

Cody, Robin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1932010904 ISBN 13: 9781932010909

Verlag: OOLIGAN PR, 2017

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I love Robin's work and life.

--David James Duncan "Author of The Brothers K and The River Why "

The world of Ricochet River is the world I grew up in. I know it well.... If only I had met [Lorna] when I was growing up, she might have helped me figure it all out.

--Molly Gloss "Author of The Jump-Off Creek and The Hearts of Horses "

I like the differences between Ricochet River and A Separate Peace or A Catcher in the Rye. Those other two books are about upper-class white boys in private schools cut off from the land. Because of that they are less important to my students these days. Wade, Lorna, and Jesse share with us their small town, working class lives. The magic of Ricochet River is the story. That it's a book English teachers appreciate reflects Robin Cody's craftsmanship; that students love the book is a gift of the storyteller.

--Tom Abbey "Teacher, Calistoga (CA) High School "

Reseña del editor:

It’s 1960. In a small logging town called Calamus that’s about as far in the middle of nowhere as you can get, Wade Curren, star of the high school baseball and football teams, is content living out his role of local hero, holding court in the corner booth of the town diner where his girlfriend Lorna waits tables.

Lorna, working to support her family, is plotting her escape from their small town. Fiercely independent and an avid reader of the kinds of books that aren’t taught in school, Lorna wants a bigger life. She tries to show Wade that Calamus is a trap, that as an individual he should fear the town’s rigid “boxes” and expectations. But Wade’s box is too comfortable and she can’t make him understand.

When Jesse Howl arrives from the Klamath Warm Springs Reservation, his presence shakes up the town. Jesse doesn’t seem to know how an Indian “should” act. Yet even as he and Wade compete for the top spots on the baseball and football teams, they become friends. As they raft the river, fish, and listen to Wade’s grandfather’s stories, Wade, Jesse, and Lorna forge a lasting bond and discover exactly how much it could cost them to be themselves.

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• Verlag: OOLIGAN PR
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1932010904
• ISBN 13: 9781932010909
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 300