When the River Ran BackwardCarolrhoda Books, 2000 M01 1 - 84 pages Fifteen-year-old Laurel Mawston has just moved to the Mississippi River town of New Madrid with her parents and brother when disaster strikes. A series of terrible earthquakes devastate New Madrid and the land around it, tearing up trees and altering rivers, wrecking houses, and injuring or killing people and animals. Laurel and her family find themselves living outdoors, working to save their animals and their home. Through weeks of hardship, Laurel discovers that challenges can bring people together in unexpected ways. Join Laurel as she relates this exciting and touching story of adventure, newfound love, and courage during a little-known episode of American history. |
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... Mississippi River town of New Madrid in the Louisiana Terri- tory . The year is 1811 , and the Mawstons are among the area's first white settlers . Although Laurel likes her new home , her life is not perfect . Because she has a harelip ...
... Mississippi River town of New Madrid in the Louisiana Terri- tory . The year is 1811 , and the Mawstons are among the area's first white settlers . Although Laurel likes her new home , her life is not perfect . Because she has a harelip ...
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... Mississippi River town of New Madrid in the Louisiana Terri- tory . The year is 1811 , and the Mawstons are among the area's first white settlers . Although Laurel likes her new home , her life is not perfect . Because she has a harelip ...
... Mississippi River town of New Madrid in the Louisiana Terri- tory . The year is 1811 , and the Mawstons are among the area's first white settlers . Although Laurel likes her new home , her life is not perfect . Because she has a harelip ...
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... River Pennsylvania Island . Connecticut New Jersey Delaware Ohio Louisiana Maryland Virginia Territory Kentucky New Madrid- Little Prairie Tennessee MEXICO ( SPAIN ) North Carolina , South Carolina Mississippi Territory Georgia Terr ...
... River Pennsylvania Island . Connecticut New Jersey Delaware Ohio Louisiana Maryland Virginia Territory Kentucky New Madrid- Little Prairie Tennessee MEXICO ( SPAIN ) North Carolina , South Carolina Mississippi Territory Georgia Terr ...
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... Mississippi , then down and across the Missis- sippi to the City of New Madrid . Nearly two hundred people already lived there , and Father said it would be- come a big city , and he would be a farrier , one who shod and treated horses ...
... Mississippi , then down and across the Missis- sippi to the City of New Madrid . Nearly two hundred people already lived there , and Father said it would be- come a big city , and he would be a farrier , one who shod and treated horses ...
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... river , and snakes had crawled out of their hibernation holes . Some said the creatures sensed that the comet was about to fall into the Ohio at the point where it flowed into the Mississippi , which would set in motion Earth's final ...
... river , and snakes had crawled out of their hibernation holes . Some said the creatures sensed that the comet was about to fall into the Ohio at the point where it flowed into the Mississippi , which would set in motion Earth's final ...
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