Journey to the River Sea
School year: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6, Year 7
No. of pages 320
Published: 2021
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This book is the winner of numerous awards
This book is part of a book series called New Longman Literature 11-14 .
This book has been graded for interest at 9-11 years.
There are 320 pages in this book.
It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.
This book was published in 2021 by Pan Macmillan .
Eva Ibbotson was born in Vienna, in Austria, and now lives in England. She has a daughter and three sons.
This book is in the following series:
This book has been nominated for the following awards:
Whitbread Book Award - Book Of the Year
This book was recognised in the Book of the Year category by the Whitbread Book Award.
The Whitbread Award
This book was recognised by the The Whitbread Award, now called 'The Costa Book Awards'. These are a set of annual literary awards recognising English-language books by writers based in Britain and Ireland. They were inaugurated for 1971 publications and known as the Whitbread Book Awards until 2006 when Costa Coffee, then a subsidiary of Whitbread, took over sponsorship.
Virginia Readers Choice Award - Elementary
This book was recognised in the Elementary category by the Virginia Readers Choice Award.
Nestle Smarties Children's Book Prize - Golden Oak Award
This book was recognised in the Golden Oak Award category of the Nestle Smarties Children's Book Prize.
Whitbread Book Award
This book was recognised by the Whitbread Book Award.
Blue Peter Book Award - Book I Couldn'T Put Down Prize
This book was recognised in the Book i Couldn'T Put down Prize category by the Blue Peter Book Award. The Blue Peter Book Awards are a set of literary awards for children's books conferred by the BBC television programme Blue Peter. They were inaugurated in 2000 for books published in 1999. The Awards have been managed by reading charity, Booktrust, since 2006.
Massachusetts Book Award
This book was recognised by the Massachusetts Book Award.
Carnegie Medal
This book was recognised by the Carnegie Award. The CILIP Carnegie Medal is awarded by children’s librarians for an outstanding book written in English for children and young people.
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award
This book was recognised by the Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award.
Sasquatch Award
This book was recognised by the Sasquatch Award.
Smarties Book Award
This book was recognised by the Smarties Book Award.
This book features the following character:
Eva Ibbotson
This book features the character Eva Ibbotson.