The Riverman Trilogy - Aaron Starmer电子书mobi+epub
Product Details
Age Range: 10 - 14 years
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Lexile Measure: 730L
Series: The Riverman Trilogy (Book 1-3)
电子书mobi+epub
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Language: English
The Riverman Trilogy Book Series: Amazon.com
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01 The Riverman (The Riverman Trilogy) by Aaron Starmer (March 18, 2014)
02 The Whisper: The Riverman Trilogy, Book II by Aaron Starmer (March 17, 2015)
03 The Storyteller: The Riverman Trilogy, Book III by Aaron Starmer (March 15, 2016)
The Riverman (The Riverman Trilogy) Hardcover – March 18, 2014
by Aaron Starmer (Author)
The Riverman (The Riverman Trilogy): Aaron Starmer: 9780374363093: Amazon.com: Books
http://www.amazon.com/The-Riverman-Trilogy/dp/0374363099
Product Details
Age Range: 10 - 14 years
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Lexile Measure: 730L
Series: The Riverman Trilogy (Book 1)
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) (March 18, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0374363099
ISBN-13: 978-0374363093
Alistair Cleary is the kid who everyone trusts. Fiona Loomis is not the typical girl next door. Alistair hasn't really thought of her since they were little kids until she shows up at his doorstep with a proposition: she wants him to write her biography. What begins as an odd vanity project gradually turns into a frightening glimpse into the mind of a potentially troubled girl. Fiona says that in her basement, there's a portal that leads to a magical world where a creature called the Riverman is stealing the souls of children. And Fiona's soul could be next. If Fiona really believes what she's saying, Alistair fears she may be crazy. But if it's true, her life could be at risk. In this novel from Aaron Starmer, it's up to Alistair to separate fact from fiction, fantasy from reality.
Editorial Reviews
From School Library Journal
Gr 4–8—This novel built of stories yields nightmares. Alistair's first memory is seeing a drowned, missing child floating in the river. He tells no one and grows into a tween who has a talent for keeping secrets. Fiona, his neighbor, chooses him to share hers: kids are missing, and the Riverman, from the parallel, timeless world of Aquavania, where stories are born, is the accused. Is this some kind of fantasy created to cope with a reality too grim to bear? Or are the missing kids simply runaways? The pace accelerates when Fiona confides in an exhumed letter that she might be next. The portal in this book is not only into Aquavania, through Fiona's stories dictated to Alistair, but also into the characters' convoluted adolescent world. Alistair turns to 18-year-old Kyle, the town's emotionally complex, daredevil dropout, for advice and muscle. Meanwhile, Charlie, Alistair's childhood friend of convenience, has become a gaming addict, and their friendship is unraveling. This writerly, chiaroscuro book is replete with the portent of violence, and thick with ideas about the psychological need for stories, all while questioning the ability of stories to redeem the tellers. Readers will find themselves confronted with deep, unanswered questions regarding the relationship of collective imaginary worlds to reality, the evolving nature of memories and friendships, and the unknowability of people. Those ready to explore darker realities will devour this book.—Sara Lissa Paulson, The American Sign Language and English Lower School, New York City
From Booklist
When Fiona Loomis shows up at Alistair’s door asking him to pen her biography and begins to tell him of a strange land she’s visited called Aquavania, Alistair isn’t sure he believes any of it. But he’s intrigued and can’t stop himself from wanting to know more. Fiona warns Alistair that the Riverman is stealing the souls of children and that she is next. Alistair, drawn into Fiona’s story, wants to protect her—if only he can discover the full truth. In this dark, twisting tale, readers are never sure if Fiona’s story is true or not, and they won’t want to stop reading until they find out. Alistair is a relatable hero, struggling with what to believe while growing up and moving on from old friends. While the ending is left a bit up in the air, this magical tale is sure to please readers of urban fantasy, and with its theme of missing children and changing friendships, it will be perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman and Charles de Lint, too. Grades 6-9. --Sarah Bean Thompson
The Whisper: The Riverman Trilogy, Book II Hardcover – March 17, 2015
by Aaron Starmer (Author)
Amazon.com: The Whisper: The Riverman Trilogy, Book II (9780374363116): Aaron Starmer: Books
http://www.amazon.com/The-Whisper-Riverman-Trilogy-Book/dp/0374363110
Product Details
Series: The Riverman Trilogy (Book 2)
Hardcover: 368 pages
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) (March 17, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0374363110
ISBN-13: 978-0374363116
Twelve-year-old Alistair Cleary has washed up on shore. But where? It seems to be Aquavania, the magical realm where children create entire worlds from their imagination. There's something wrong, though. The creators have disappeared and the worlds are falling apart. All Alistair wants is to find his friend Fiona Loomis and go home. Easier said than done. Animals made of starlight, a megalomaniacal boy king, and astronauts who peddle riddles are hard enough to outwit, but they're only the beginning. To find Fiona, Alistair must travel from world to world. He must confront the mistakes of his past. And he must face countless monsters, including the soul-stealing stalker that some people call the Riverman, the merciless but misunderstood servant of Aquavania who refers to himself as the Whisper.
Editorial Reviews
From School Library Journal
Gr 6–9—In this second part of the trilogy, Aquavania, a complex web of worlds, is beset by destruction. The Riverman, also known as the Whisper, is destroying worlds by sucking the souls of their creators when they ask for "an end to it all," tired of their own creations and unable to readapt to the real world. When their souls are captured by the Whisper, the kids go missing in the real, or "solid," world. Readers of the first book will enjoy the layers of history of Aquavania, revealed through creation stories that are interpersed between Alistair's quest to find Fiona and battle the Whisper. Meanwhile, newcomers to the series won't be too far behind (there's plenty of exposition woven skillfully through the first few chapters). Readers will savor the (at times) gruesome encounters with monsters, and the unraveling mystery of who Alistair and Fiona really are. The trilogy explores the dark nature of lies—written, told, and enacted—and the surprising pain of truth. Jealousy, revenge, opportunism, and their consequences, also loom large in the lives of characters, be they swimmers (those able to enter and exit portals into different worlds), daydreamers (those who create the worlds), figments (those beings created by the daydreamers), or ciphers (terrifying creatures molded by the Whisper to destroy). Penning something of a cautionary tale, Starmer has constructed a multitude of worlds here, all tied to power of creation, and the boredom that ultimate power ultimately bestows. VERDICT Ending with a staggering twist, readers adept at navigating this atemporal telling will clamor to get their hands on book three.—Sara Lissa Paulson, The American Sign Language and English Lower School, New York City
Review
“* Starmer has constructed a multitude of worlds here, all tied to power of creation, and the boredom that ultimate power ultimately bestows.” ―School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW
“* In this sequel to The Riverman, 12-year-old Alistair Cleary travels to a parallel world searching for his missing friend, Fiona . . . A riveting, imaginative, disconcerting, inscrutable, unresolved sequel, guaranteed to leave readers anxious for the finale.” ―Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW
“Fantasy lovers up to the challenge will devour The Whisper and crave the third book in the trilogy.” ―VOYA
“The second volume in the Riverman trilogy adds more twists and turns to Fiona and Alistair's adventures.” ―Sarah Bean Thompson, Booklist
The Storyteller: The Riverman Trilogy, Book III Hardcover – March 15, 2016
by Aaron Starmer (Author)
The Storyteller: The Riverman Trilogy, Book III: Aaron Starmer: 9780374363130: Amazon.com: Books
http://www.amazon.com/The-Storyteller-Riverman-Trilogy-Book/dp/0374363137
Product Details
Age Range: 10 - 14 years
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Series: The Riverman Trilogy (Book 3)
Hardcover: 336 pages
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) (March 15, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0374363137
ISBN-13: 978-0374363130
Keri Cleary is worried about her brother, Alistair. Everyone is worried about Alistair. As the one witness to a shooting, he has been shocked into silence. But everyone needs to know three things: Who shot Kyle Dwyer? Where is Charlie Dwyer? What does this all have to do with the disappearance of Fiona Loomis?
Perhaps the answers lie in stories. As Alistair makes strange confessions to his sister, Keri becomes inspired. She tells stories, tales that may reveal hidden truths, fiction that may cause real things to happen. In the concluding volume of the Riverman Trilogy, readers are asked to consider the source of inspiration, the borders of reality and the power of storytelling. They are asked to forgive monsters, to imagine alternate dimensions, and to believe in a phosphorescent wombat who assures us that gone for now is not necessarily gone for good.
Editorial Reviews
From School Library Journal
Gr 5–8—This title concludes the original and uniquely satisfying trilogy and will not disappoint fans of the first two books. Picking up where The Whisper (Farrar, 2015) left off in the "solid world," former narrator Alistair Cleary's older sister, Kerrigan Cleary, assumes the narrative. Keri is troubled by what is happening to her little brother, from his involvement in the shooting of Kyle Dwyer to the disappearances of Fiona Loomis and Charlie Dwyer. And now Alistair is refusing to talk about what is going on, except in secret conversations in which he divulges unbelievable stories of a fight he is waging in an alternate universe. As Alistair shares his accounts, Keri tries to read between the lines of what he is saying to find a way to help him. What is happening with Alistair is augmented by stories that Keri herself writes, as a way of expressing her frustrations. But when the stories Keri thinks up and writes in her private journal start to contain troubling premonitions of the tales Alistair tells her, Keri must decide if she can trust her brother, or even herself. This coming-of-age novel is a thoughtful and nuanced exploration of the difficult transitions from childhood to adulthood. The uncertainty of what the characters believe to be real and imaginary parallel the way traumatic experiences can alienate young people and make them feel as though they have to struggle alone. In a subsection of publishing where trilogies often seem formulaic or forced, this refreshing take challenges traditionally reiterated narrative devices by never dealing in absolutes and not tying things off into neat bows. Fans of fantasy and realistic fiction alike will find something to love about this book, in which narrative ambiguity has never been so well leveraged. VERDICT This is a first buy for upper middle grade and YA collections, and a great recommendation for fans of the first two books as well as Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game or Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time.—Tara Kron, Aurora Public Library, CO
Review
The Storyteller:
"Story is the important thing' in this consistently imaginative, intense, thoughtful, and satisfying finale." ―Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"A stunning and thought provoking conclusion to The Riverman Trilogy." ―Booklist, starred review
"This coming-of-age novel is a thoughtful and nuanced exploration of the difficult transitions from childhood to adulthood. Fans of fantasy and realistic fiction alike will find something to love about this book, in which narrative ambiguity has never been so well leveraged. VERDICT This is a first buy for upper middle grade and YA collections, and a great recommendation for fans of the first two books as well as Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game or Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time." ―School Library Journal, starred review
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