When the River Ran BackwardCarolrhoda Books ®, 2013 M08 1 - 184 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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... Laurel , Father , Jed , their part - collie dog , Ranger , the cow , Dolly , and the nameless brood sow walked . The large blue cat , Smoke , found a comfortable spot on the wagon tarp and looked out at them as if they were her subjects ...
... Laurel , Father , Jed , their part - collie dog , Ranger , the cow , Dolly , and the nameless brood sow walked . The large blue cat , Smoke , found a comfortable spot on the wagon tarp and looked out at them as if they were her subjects ...
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... Laurel and Jed . People came to welcome them and helped raise a barn with a corncrib , a hayloft , and beneath the hayloft - an open space with a four - foot - wide door at the back . When it rained , the animals stood in the open ...
... Laurel and Jed . People came to welcome them and helped raise a barn with a corncrib , a hayloft , and beneath the hayloft - an open space with a four - foot - wide door at the back . When it rained , the animals stood in the open ...
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... Laurel laughed . Jed was not much of a reader , but he did love a story , and she could tell a fair story . " I was thinking how merry everything looks , " she said . Jed grunted and lay back down , again on his. L ...
... Laurel laughed . Jed was not much of a reader , but he did love a story , and she could tell a fair story . " I was thinking how merry everything looks , " she said . Jed grunted and lay back down , again on his. L ...
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... Jed needed to assert his independence . " Your mother has a knack for making a house a home , " Father said without looking up from the rifle gun he was oiling and , Laurel ... Laurel thought as she entered the date- December 15 , 1811 ...
... Jed needed to assert his independence . " Your mother has a knack for making a house a home , " Father said without looking up from the rifle gun he was oiling and , Laurel ... Laurel thought as she entered the date- December 15 , 1811 ...
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... Laurel was born in America , he said as much to the midwife , and she snorted and said that was bosh . She had seen ... Jed had gone into town to buy meal and sugar and flour . When they returned home , they told Mother and Laurel ...
... Laurel was born in America , he said as much to the midwife , and she snorted and said that was bosh . She had seen ... Jed had gone into town to buy meal and sugar and flour . When they returned home , they told Mother and Laurel ...
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