- Fantasy, Juvenile fiction, Planning, Ability testing
The Raft People live in darkness and travel a circular journey on a underground river. One boy finds his way outside and tries to learn as much as possible so he can ultimately lead his people there to the Better Place.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and unpretentious.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- rawmeticulous
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About the book
- Author
- Mary Q. Steele
- First published
- 1969
- Pages
- 127
- Publisher
- Puffin Books, Macmillan, Trumpet Club
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780844661698
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First sentence
“"Watch out, Grandfather!"”
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