Thorndike Reviewers' Choice: Once Upon a River (Hardcover)

from richardderus

Pearl Ruled: ONCE UPON A RIVER by BONNIE JO CAMPBELL (p82) Rating: 4* of five The Publisher Says: Bonnie Jo Campbell has created an unforgettable heroine in sixteen-year-old Margo Crane, a beauty whose unflinching gaze and uncanny ability with a rifle have not made her life any easier. After the ...

from Donna828

Bonnie Jo Campbell does down-and-out characters very well -- and she hits another bull's eye with her portrayal of Margaret Louise Crane in her latest book. Sixteen-year-old Margo is a true river sprite who feels most at home in nature. She doesn't talk much but knows the language of sexuality an...

from Beamis12

3 1/2 There were many things I liked about this novel, her descriptions of all the animals and plants along the river were wonderful, the 16 yr. old character's love for the river and the many characters she meets living along the river. Yet I felt a disconnect from her, it was like she was watch...

from walterqchocobo

Margo is a 16 year old living near the Stark River in northern Michigan. She lives with her father in a small house after her mother ran off a few years back. Margo is an excellent shot with a rifle, can hunt and fish along with skinning animals. She wants to grow up to be like Annie Oakley. A se...

from amanderson

4 1/2 stars. A rather somber literary tale about a 17 year old girl from the backwoods of Michigan, where she lives hunting and fishing amidst her kin who live next to the Stark River. An unfortunate sexual encounter with her uncle leads to tragedy, and she runs off to live on her own down the ri...