num_pages: 160
description: For use in schools and libraries only. Knowing that he is dying, Jess's grandfather insists on returning to the river he had known as a boy to finish a special painting and fulfill a life-long dream.
language: English
title: River Boy
titlecomplete: River Boy
genres: Family, Fiction, Paranormal, Young Adult, Childrens, Ghosts, Literary Fiction, Fantasy, Middle Grade, School
ratings_count: 1657
awards: name: Angus Book Award, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Carnegie Medal
publisher: Bt Bound