Journey to the River Sea
CRITICS HAVE SAID
- “Ibbotson (Island of the Aunts) offers another larger-than-life adventure featuring lovable heroes and heroines, nasty villains, much hilarity and a deliciously gnarled plot.” – Publishers Weekly
IF YOU LOVE THIS BOOK, THEN TRY:
- Bath, K. P. The Secret of Castle Cant. Little, Brown, 2004.
- Burnett, Frances Hodgson. A Little Princess. HarperCollins, 1992, c1905.
- Burnett, Frances Hodgson. The Secret Garden. Candlewick, 2008, c1911.
- Creech, Sharon. Ruby Holler. HarperCollins, 2002.
- Creech, Sharon. The Wanderer. HarperCollins, 2000.
- Giff, Patricia Reilly. Pictures of Hollis Woods. Random House, 2002.
- Ibbotson, Eva. The Dragonfly Pool. Dutton, 2008.
- Ibbotson, Eva. The Secret of Platform 11. Dutton, 1998.
- Holm, Jennifer L. Our Only May Amelia. HarperCollins, 1999.
- Levine, Gail Carson. Dave at Night. HarperCollins, 1999.
- Porter, Tracey. Billy Creekmore. HarperCollins/Joanna Cotler, 2007.
- Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Scholastic, 1998. (And others in the Harry Potter series.)
- Selznick, Brian. The Invention of Hugo Cabret: A Novel in Words and Pictures. Scholastic, 2007.
- Snyder, Zilpha Keatley. Gib Rides Home. Delacorte, 1998.
- Spinelli, Jerry. Maniac Magee. Little, Brown, 1990.
- Wallace, Barbara Brooks. Peppermints in the Parlor. Atheneum, 1980.
- Whelan, Gloria. Listening for Lions. HarperCollins, 2005.