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21) James: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Appears on list
Description
"From Percival Everett-a recipient of the NBCC Lifetime Achievement Award and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Booker Prize, and numerous PEN awards-comes James, a retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby...
22) Swift rivers
Author
Series
Newbery Honor Book volume 1933
Pub. Date
1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 11
Description
After being turned out by his mean-spirited uncle, Chris Dahlberg decides to harvest some of the timber on his grandfather's land in Minnesota and float the giant logs down the Mississippi River to market in St. Louis.
25) Huckleberry Finn
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Presents a retelling of Mark Twain's classic novel "Huckleberry Finn" about the adventures of a young boy who sets off on a journey down the Mississippi River with Jim, a runaway slave.
Author
Series
Clasicos Universales volume 8
Description
The escapades of Tom Sawyer and his friend Huckleberry Finn in a little town along the Mississippi River.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 20
Pub. Date
[1991]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The Alden children travel on a Mississippi paddle-wheel steamer to visit an old family friend in his cabin near Hannibal, Missouri, and try to discover who is responsible for the mysterious activities near the house.
Author
Series
Boxcar Children graphic novels volume 9
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The Alden children travel on a Mississippi paddle-wheel steamer to visit an old family friend in his cabin near Hannibal, Missouri, and try to discover who is responsible for the mysterious activities near the house.
Author
Description
A story of life on the Mississippi River a few years before the War of 1812. Owen Naylor and Charlotte Dumaine, of Natchez-Under-the-Hill, are united in their effort to put steam power on the river. Their efforts are not appreciated by the keelboat men, who fight steam with fire, violence, and murder.
Author
Series
Water wheel novels volume 1
Formats
Description
After her father, a prominent Natchez businessman, loses their fortune and home in 1850, Julienne Ashby aims to resuscitate their last possession - a dilapidated steamboat - to make a profit and restore the Ashby name along the mighty Mississippi. Desperate for help, Julienne hires Dallas Bronte, a captain whose drinking has scarred his reputation. The struggles they face are as challenging as the mutual feelings of love and hate they must sort out....
Author
Series
Water wheel novels volume 3
Pub. Date
c2013
Description
Dennis Wainwright and Gage Kennon rescue a gypsy woman and travel the Mississippi on a showboat.