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River Secrets
By Hale, Shannon
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-1-58234-901-5
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2006
Gr 6-10 A companion to "The Goose Girl" (2003) and "Enna Burning" (2004, both Bloomsbury). Enna and Isis friend Razo is small and bullied; he has always considered himself pretty useless, so he is thrilled to be chosen as one of a hundred Bayern soldiers accompanying an ambassador on a peacekeeping mission to the Tiran capital. Tirans lost the war with Bayern, largely due to Ennas forbidding ability to burn people, and their army was shamed. When Razo discovers burned bodies, he first fears that Enna has...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on September 1, 2006
Hale, who proved her storytelling abilities in Goose Girl and Enna Burning, revisits the character of Razo, an undersized Forest-born boy. Having been elevated to membership in Bayern's Own guard because of services rendered in the recent war with Tira, Razo is chosen for an important peace-keeping mission to the Tiran capital. He wonders what he could possibly have to contribute: he's not a master sword...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
