false 165818 27 1855657 2000 The River King total:1717|5:320|4:654|3:556|2:152|1:35| 1717 6223 2200 159 165818 0425179672 9780425179673 1634 154 3.62 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172342359m/165818.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165818.The_River_King 3 2 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 09 16:07:34 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 21 14:08:41 -0700 2007 more...]]> 165818 0425179672 9780425179673 1634 154 3.62 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172342359m/165818.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165818.The_River_King 5 1 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 06:46:02 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 06:49:50 -0800 2008
Carlin, a poor young (but of course, beautiful!) teen, lands a scholarship to the prestigious ...more...]]> 165818 0425179672 9780425179673 1634 154 3.62 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172342359m/165818.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165818.The_River_King 1 1 false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu May 24 19:35:40 -0700 2007 Thu May 24 19:38:56 -0700 2007 more...]]> 165818 0425179672 9780425179673 1634 154 3.62 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172342359m/165818.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165818.The_River_King 3 0 true Fri Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 13:24:04 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 13:51:20 -0800 2008 Genre: Mystery/Horror
Grade: B-

WARNING > SPOILERS!
In the River King, a teenager named Carlin Leander escapes her dingy Florida hometown (and the inevitable pregnancy/white trash lifestyle that accompanies it) after gaining a swimming sch...more...]]> 165818 0425179672 9780425179673 1634 154 3.62 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172342359m/165818.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165818.The_River_King 2 2 false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 05 09:17:27 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 01 15:45:15 -0700 2008 more...]]> 165818 0425179672 9780425179673 1634 154 3.62 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172342359m/165818.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165818.The_River_King 5 0 false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 12 22:12:30 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 22:20:31 -0800 2009 more...]]> 165818 0425179672 9780425179673 1634 154 3.62 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172342359m/165818.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165818.The_River_King 4 0 false Fri Apr 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 09:49:26 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 11:20:17 -0700 2009 once decided to try it again because I loved the last two Alice Hoffman books I read, The Probably Future, and The Third Angel. But in the beginning, I didn't like it much better than I did last time--but I am glad I stuck with...more...]]> 165818 0425179672 9780425179673 1634 154 3.62 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172342359m/165818.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165818.The_River_King 4 0 false Sun Apr 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 11:27:07 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 11:41:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 165818 0425179672 9780425179673 1634 154 3.62 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172342359m/165818.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165818.The_River_King 3 0 false Tue Jun 16 09:44:44 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 10:04:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 165818 0425179672 9780425179673 1634 154 3.62 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172342359m/165818.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165818.The_River_King 3 0 false Mon Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 07:25:40 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 09:36:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 165818 0425179672 9780425179673 1634 154 3.62 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172342359m/165818.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165818.The_River_King 5 0 false Tue Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2000 Sat Jun 06 14:52:45 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 14:53:59 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 165818 0425179672 9780425179673 1634 154 3.62 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172342359m/165818.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165818.The_River_King 3 1 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 07:16:45 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 07:16:45 -0800 2009 165818 0425179672 9780425179673 1634 154 3.62 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172342359m/165818.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165818.The_River_King 2 0 false Sat Jul 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 20:48:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 13:29:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 165818 0425179672 9780425179673 1634 154 3.62 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172342359m/165818.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165818.The_River_King 5 0 false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jun 11 05:39:38 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 05:43:18 -0700 2009
(p. 22) "She (Carlin) had swamp dust on her feet and nicotine stains on her fingers, and came from a universe of hash and eggs and broken promises, a place where a women quickly learned that there was no point in crying over spilled milk or bruises left b...more...]]> 165818 0425179672 9780425179673 1634 154 3.62 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172342359m/165818.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165818.The_River_King 3 0 false Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 02:14:33 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 12:38:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 165818 0425179672 9780425179673 1634 154 3.62 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172342359m/165818.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165818.The_River_King 4 0 false Tue Jun 30 05:40:30 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 15:16:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 165818 0425179672 9780425179673 1634 154 3.62 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172342359m/165818.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165818.The_River_King 2 0 false Thu Sep 04 16:18:29 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 17 19:16:18 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 04 16:18:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 165818 0425179672 9780425179673 1634 154 3.62 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172342359m/165818.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165818.The_River_King 4 1 true Sun Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 19:06:27 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 03 08:06:29 -0700 2008
The River King didn't disappoint. Hoffman's lyrical prose drew me in to a story about an enchanted Massachusetts boarding school and the suspiciou...more...]]> 165818 0425179672 9780425179673 1634 154 3.62 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172342359m/165818.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165818.The_River_King 5 0 false Fri Jun 15 09:57:49 -0700 2007 Mon Dec 03 15:13:45 -0800 2007
The River King has become one of my favorite novels by Hoffman. It starts out rather slow, but the descriptions are so well written that you feel l...more...]]> 165818 0425179672 9780425179673 1634 154 3.62 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172342359m/165818.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165818.The_River_King 5 0 false Tue Mar 20 16:13:20 -0700 2007 Thu Jan 24 06:27:18 -0800 2008
Alice Hoffman weaves a dark web of mystery and real-world magic in the small town of Haddan, M...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1409794