# Chike and the River

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- Book: [Chike and the River](https://www.bookquiver.com/chinua-achebe/chike-and-the-river) ([Chike and the River.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/chinua-achebe/chike-and-the-river.md))
- Authors: [Chinua Achebe](https://www.bookquiver.com/chinua-achebe)
- Publisher: penguin_books
- ISBN: 978-03-0747-386-8
- Pages: 96
- Published: 2011-08-09
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The more Chike saw the ferry-boats the more he wanted to make the trip to Asaba. But where would he get the money? He did not know. Still, he hoped. Eleven-year-old Chike longs to cross the Niger River...