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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... loft afforded sleeping space for 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 ...
... loft afforded sleeping space for 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 ...
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... loft . " Share with us , ” Mother said to her , and Jedidiah , who lay on his stomach on a bearskin rug in front of the fireplace , rolled over and sat up . Laurel laughed . Jed was not much of a reader , but he did love a story , and ...
... loft . " Share with us , ” Mother said to her , and Jedidiah , who lay on his stomach on a bearskin rug in front of the fireplace , rolled over and sat up . Laurel laughed . Jed was not much of a reader , but he did love a story , and ...
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... who had evidently made the same experiment . " Bedtime ! ” Mother said firmly , and Jed , who always went up to the loft and to bed before Laurel did , immediately rose and bade them goodnight . A CHAPTER 2 s Jed went up the steps ,
... who had evidently made the same experiment . " Bedtime ! ” Mother said firmly , and Jed , who always went up to the loft and to bed before Laurel did , immediately rose and bade them goodnight . A CHAPTER 2 s Jed went up the steps ,
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... loft ; he was undressing . He had retired . In the quiet , she could hear the animals outside still restlessly moving about . She put away the quill , ink , and her tablet ; brushed her hair ; said goodnight to Mother and Father ; and ...
... loft ; he was undressing . He had retired . In the quiet , she could hear the animals outside still restlessly moving about . She put away the quill , ink , and her tablet ; brushed her hair ; said goodnight to Mother and Father ; and ...
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... Dresses . Undergarments . Shoes . Jed , wheezing as if he could not get enough air , did the same . Inside a roar like that of a mighty wind , she left the loft first ; when she reached the floor , she fell to her knees . Jed ,
... Dresses . Undergarments . Shoes . Jed , wheezing as if he could not get enough air , did the same . Inside a roar like that of a mighty wind , she left the loft first ; when she reached the floor , she fell to her knees . Jed ,
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