When the River Ran Backward

by Emily Crofford

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1575053055
• ISBN13: 9781575053059
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Carolrhoda Books
• Length: 84 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7