Ricochet River 25th Anniversary Edition eBook Robin Cody Robin Cody
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It’s 1960. In a small logging town called Calamus that’s about as far in the middle of nowhere as you can get, Wade Curren, star of the high school baseball and football teams, is content living out his role of local hero, holding court in the corner booth of the town diner where his girlfriend Lorna waits tables.
Lorna, working to support her family, is plotting her escape from their small town. Fiercely independent and an avid reader of the kinds of books that aren’t taught in school, Lorna wants a bigger life. She tries to show Wade that Calamus is a trap, that as an individual he should fear the town’s rigid “boxes” and expectations. But Wade’s box is too comfortable and she can’t make him understand.
When Jesse Howl arrives from the Klamath Warm Springs Reservation, his presence shakes up the town. Jesse doesn’t seem to know how an Indian “should” act. Yet even as he and Wade compete for the top spots on the baseball and football teams, they become friends. As they raft the river, fish, and listen to Wade’s grandfather’s stories, Wade, Jesse, and Lorna forge a lasting bond and discover exactly how much it could cost them to be themselves.
Ricochet River 25th Anniversary Edition eBook Robin Cody Robin Cody
Very well written, good character devopment. Glimpses into Native American culture. Enjoyed the descriptions of Oregon.Product details
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Ricochet River 25th Anniversary Edition eBook Robin Cody Robin Cody Reviews
I love that this book is a traditional coming-of-age story at its center, but with so much more depth and character than we are used to seeing. The writing feels like having a conversation with someone looking back in high school at points, but the actual scenes and conversations feel like you’re there, in the mind and looking through the eyes of a young man struggling to figure out his place in the world, as well as his friends.’
Living in the PNW in a small town, one of the best things about this book is how vividly Cody writes about this area. Calamus might as well be my home town (which is right across the Columbia with such a similar name they often blend together as I’m reading), and that is what makes this book so unique and enduring. The characters aren’t your typical upper-class teens struggling with the shallow nature of their day-to-day lives and the existential crises therein. These kids are from a small “every town” kind of place (but very firmly rooted in details of the greater Portland area if you look for them), working class families, and a displaced Native American tradition. They read like real people in a very real time and place, and are written so well as to transport you there with them.
Jesse’s history and characterization is fascinating, and the colorful way Cody describes the lost traditions of the PNW Native Americans, their displacement, and the struggle for an average teenage boy from that background trying to find his place in American life is so poignant. I loved learning about a part of American culture we don’t often get to read in more modern contexts and mainstream literature. It was a beautiful combination of coming-of-age and historical narrative.
Wade and Lorna, while more traditional American teen characters, also had their own vibrancy and depth, as they struggle to find a way to connect with or disengage from the small town they grew up in, and each other. Their stories are so real, so relatable, so true to life. I really connected with Lorna in a very deep way I wasn’t expecting.
Overall a great read, and makes perfect sense that it has endured this long and still appeals to teens and teachers alike. But honestly, it’s a story everyone can relate to, no matter what your age or background. I highly recommend.
The foundation of this book is the traditional coming-of-age story with the jock, the pretty girl, and a token Native American boy named Jesse. Throw in the trials of high school life against a small-town setting complete with woods, a lake, and next-to-nothing to do and you have the backdrop for Ricochet River. The characters lack depth and instead seem to fall all-too-easily into the tropes that could be expected of a traditional YA book. Along with the appalling treatment of Jesse, Lorna’s snaggle tooth is sexualized, or perhaps fetishized, in a way that distracts and seems unnecessary in the context of the story. Wade for example does not receive this type of treatment—while Jesse is portrayed as mystic or other, and Lorna is sexualized, Wade is just Wade—which, to be frank, makes him a very forgettable protagonist.
While I appreciate the strides made with the anniversary edition, including the additional teachers guides and discussion material, this doesn’t change the fact that this book is racist and culturally insensitive in a way that I don’t find makes valuable commentary or holds historical significance. It is baffling to me that after multiple editions with different publishers nothing was done to alleviate or correct this.
Ok book. Story more about Indian thought than growing up in small logging town,which I did. I do like books about Indian culture, so book is ok just not what I expected.
I love this book. A lot of varying perspectives, a little suspense and some upbeat characters.
I chose the story after hearing a NPR broadcast with Cody being interviewed. Now I wish the story never ended.
Good read!
Jesse, Wade, Lorna, and Link are going to stay with me for awhile. I feel like I've known all of them.
Very well written, good character devopment. Glimpses into Native American culture. Enjoyed the descriptions of Oregon.
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