# This River Awakens

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- Book: [This River Awakens](https://www.bookquiver.com/steven-erikson/this-river-awakens) ([This River Awakens.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/steven-erikson/this-river-awakens.md))
- Authors: [Steven Erikson](https://www.bookquiver.com/steven-erikson)
- Publisher: bantam
- ISBN: 978-08-5750-066-3
- Pages: 528
- Published: 2013-01-03
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A time to escape Twelve-year-old Owen Brand and his family move to Middlecross, a riverside town in rural Canada, hoping to leave poverty and unhappiness behind. A time for innocence Owen meets three local boys, and they soon form an inseparable band. Over the summer holidays they create their own world, a place apart from the adults who watch over them. Owen also grows close to Jennifer, a fascinating but deeply troubled girl. And a time to grow up Then the gang stumble across a body in the river – a discovery with unimaginable consequences for them and the town, from which there is no going back.