"Downriver" begins near the race of the Hopnegs, lilliputian 3-inch stately people, who approaching Humans are nimble but horror Human machines as "demons". One of these "demons" lives up to its repute when it runs completed and quite destroys the abode of the Hopneg, Popey. He barely escapes near his existence in his pajamas, and the need of effects turns him into a Punk, or a Hopneg short the witching of ownership. Seeking to put on alert the population of his adjoining village, he travels to the settlement to mouth his phone call to its leader, Rouger. After delivering his message, Rouger, decides supported on the content of the Book, to change place the full community to a contrastive entity. Popey and another Hopneg, Rod, muster the municipality to reduce to rubble the "demon" by putting gramineous plant into its weary. But this fails as the Humans simply transfer the turf. Having failed, the Hopnegs cognize that they must go upriver, distant from the "Giants". Popey, however, decides to go downstream in his search to uncover knowledge of the Humans and their strange supernatural. Not far into Popey's trail, he is met by a Traveler called Shajee who is old in the way of the planetary and the Humans. For instance, Shajee not single knows things in the order of the somatogenetic Human worldwide and how to get on all sides in it, he likewise has an compassionate of Human scientific discipline which, in my opinion, is in a way a little better-quality than our grasp. As they voyage done the Human cities, Popey and you, the reader, get a new perspective on these "Giants", or Humans who do everything larger than themselves.
"Downriver" is for ages 12 and up, particularly those who likable the "Borrowers" book run. Erik Hare's authorship panache is new and unique, and refreshingly opposite. He gives realistic descriptions of guaranteed aspects of both the physiological and person-to-person suasion that set the purpose in a way different any opposite. Gradually, I became wrapped in the subject matter. "Downriver" is an interesting, amusing and insightful wedding album that will be enjoyed by numerous.