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141) Mud
Pub. Date
c2013
Description
Two boys, Ellis and his best friend Neckbone, find a mysterious man named Mud hiding out on a deserted island in the Mississippi. Mud tells the boys fantastic stories about his life, including how he killed a man in Texas and vengeful bounty hunters are coming to get him. He says he is planning to meet and escape with the love of his life, Juniper. The boys agree to help him, but it isn't long until their small town is besieged by bounty hunters out...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"The date is April 27, 1865. You are crammed onboard the steamboat Sultana with more than 2,000 passengers. Many of them are soldiers heading home after the Civil War. You're cruising on the Mississippi River when a massive explosion rips through the ship. Do you dive into the water to save yourself or stay onboard to help the survivors? Will you try to swim for shore or wait for help to arrive? Will you stay with your sick friend or try to find someone...
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
For famous one-armed war correspondent Paddy Quinn, this is to be his final Civil War assignment: the funeral of the assassinated President Lincoln. Quinn and his new bride Felice are aboard the steamboat Sultana going up the spring-flooded Mississippi River toward Illinois to meet the Funeral Train, when their honeymoon vessel stops at Vicksburg and takes on a pathetic human cargo of 2,000 sick and ragged survivors of the hellish Andersonville prisoner-of-war...
148) Huckleberry finn
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
Mark Twain's boy hero meets a bogus king and duke while rafting the Mississippi with runaway slave Jim.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Appears on list
Description
1932, Minnesota. The Lincoln School is a pitiless place where hundreds of Native American children, forcibly separated from their parents, are sent to be educated. It is also home to an orphan named Odie O'Banion, a lively boy whose exploits earn him the superintendent's wrath. Forced to flee, he and his brother Albert, their best friend Mose, and a little girl named Emmy steal away in a canoe, heading for the mighty Mississippi and a place to call...
152) Huckleberry Finn
Pub. Date
c1988,1975
Description
The well-known tale of the carefree Huck Finn and his adventures on his raft with the runaway slave, Jim, as they sail down the Mississippi.
153) Rivermen
Author
Pub. Date
©1990
Description
A history of life on the river in the United States, particularly on the Mississippi, when rivermen, by their work, made possible exploration, settlement, and travel not otherwise possible.
154) Bernardo de Galvez
Author
Pub. Date
c1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This tells of the Spanish governor who raised an army to drive the British out of the Mississippi Valley and the Gulf of Mexico.
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
Huckleberry Finn : The well-known tale of the carefree Huck Finn and his adventures on his raft with the runaway slave, Jim, as they sail down the Mississippi.
Adventures of Tom Sawyer : Tom tricks the neighborhood kids into whitewashing the fence for him, later, he runs away on a raft to become a pirate. He then attends his own funeral.
156) Bernardo de Gl̀vez
Author
Pub. Date
c1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A biography of the Spanish governor who raised a seven-thousand soldier army to drive the British out of the Mississippi Valley and the Gulf of Mexico during the Revolutionary War in America.
158) Killer curses
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Venom, Children of the corn 666, Isaac's return: Horror violence and gore, and for some language.
Dust devil: Strong violence and sexuality, and for language.
Beneath the Mississippi: adult situations, violence, profanity.
The dead one: violence & disturbing images.
The final patient: Violence, profanity.
Venom: A pack of teenagers are chased through the swamps of Louisiana by Mr. Jangles, a man possessed by 13 evil souls.
Dust devil: Wendy...
Pub. Date
2012
Description
Devil's Hill: Badge, who lives on a farm in Tasmania, is picked on by his mean cousin Sam. But when a cow goes missing, Badge and Sam must work together to search out in the bush for her.
Lil' treasure hunters: Nine-year-old Molly Brown loves the river and her home. But when her dad is forced to sell everything to pay off medical bills, Molly decides it's time to find a hidden treasure she has always heard about.
The adventures of Tom Sawyer: Tom...
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