Desperate Journey

by Jim Murphy

Hardcover, 2006

Tags

NCSS Standards Theme--Time-Continuity-Change, NCSS Standards Theme--People-Places-Environments, NCSS Standards Theme--Production-Distribution-Consumption, NCSS Standards Theme--Science-Technology-Society, History-Life and Culture in the Americas, Reading Level-Intermediate (3-5)Reading Level-Middle (6-8), Reading Level-Intermediate (3-5), Reading Level-Middle (6-8)

Genres

Collection

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People

Publication

Scholastic Press (2006), Edition: 1, 288 pages

Description

In the mid-1800s. with both her father and her uncle in jail on an assault charge, Maggie, her brother, and her ailing mother rush their barge along the Erie Canal to deliver their heavy cargo or lose everything.

Subjects

Erie Canal (N.Y.) Fiction
Family life Fiction
River boats Fiction

Awards

NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People (2007)

Language

English

Original language

English

Pages

288

Physical description

288 p.; 8.5 inches

ISBN

0439078067 / 9780439078061

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