Coming of Age PDF EPUB MOBI

The Toll Bridge

Downloads: Under 100
First published: 1992
Pages: 211

Read online EPUB Download Save

About this book

The Toll Bridge is a novel for young adults authored by Aidan Chambers. The book tells us about a 17-year-old boy named Jan. In an attempt to gain independence and escape his depression, which he refers to as The Glums, Jan takes up the role of a toll bridge keeper.

About the author

Aidan Chambers

Aidan Chambers combined teaching, editing, and a sustained interest in how young people find language for difficult experience. The Toll Bridge forms part of his six-volume Dance Sequence. It places Jan in an isolated bridge house, where his friendships with Tess and Adam unsettle the future others have planned for him.