description: While trying to cope with the knowledge that her grandfather is dying, Jess meets a boy who challenges her to swim down the river to the sea - her grandfather's ambition. The boy then disappears, and Jess learns her grandfather has died peacefully.
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: Oxford University Press, USA