The River King (Thorndike Press Large Print Americana Series) Author: Alice Hoffman
	Book Information Publisher: Thorndike Press Book Type: Hardcover Members Wishing: 0 Rating: 1 ISBN-13: 9780786227884 - ISBN-10: 0786227885 Publication Date: 10/2000 Pages: 471

People tend to stay in their place in the town of Haddan. The students at the prestigious prep school don't mix with locals; even within the school, hierarchy rules, as freshman and faculty members find out where they fit in and what is expected of them. But when a body is found in the river behind the school, a local policeman will walk into this enclosed world and upset it entirely. A story of surface appearances and the truths submerged below, The River King confirms Alice Hoffman as "one of our quirkiest and most interesting novelists" (Jane Smiley, USA Today).