Down Ryton Water

First edition (publ. Viking Press)

Down Ryton Water is a children's historical novel by Eva Roe Gaggin. It tells the story of the Separatists of Scrooby and the Pilgrim Fathers through the first-person narrative of young Matt Over.[1] The novel, illustrated by Elmer Hader, was first published in 1941 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1942.[2]

  1. ^ The Newbery Companion by John Thomas Gillespie and Corinne J. Naden, p.117
  2. ^ "Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922-Present". American Library Association. Retrieved 2009-12-30.